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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1981-07-07 - CC.~ y '_~, a__ ~a~. •..:;1 REGULAR MEETING JULY 7,._1981 r The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session in the City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road, on above date at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Byork in the chair. Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson and Byork an- swered the roll call. Also present were City Manager Weaver and City Attorney McEwen. SCHEDULED MATTERS The City Manager presented a report on the proposed zone change from R-1 to M (properties adjacent to the first alley east•of Alameda, between 109th Street-and Fernwood Avenue). The Mayor inquired if anyone present wished to speak in favor of or in opposition to the proposed zone change. Mr. Saul Garcies, 2620 109th Street spoke in opposition to the proposed zone change. Since there was such a large audience, the Mayor inquired whether anyone was in favor of the proposed zone change and since no one was, the public hearing was closed. It was moved by Councilman Morris, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, to deny the proposed zone change. Roll Call: Ayes:. Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork. Noes: None Absent: None It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Thompson, and carried, to waive reading of and introduce an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW." The City Manager presented a report on the proposed amend- ment to the zoning ordinance regarding mobile homes on lots where single family dwellings are permitted and recommended that Council introduce and adopt emergency ORDINANCE No. 1130 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING ORDINANCE 570 (ZONING ORDINANCE) PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MOBILE HOMES ON LOTS WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED". The Mayor inquired if anyone present wished to speak in favor of or in opposition to the-proposed ordinance. G. W. Higgins, 5300 Cortland, stated it should also include manufactured housing and mobile homes. Since there was no more response the hearing was declared closed. Ayes: Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork. Noes: None Absent: None The City Attorney stated that an emergency ordinance requires 4/5 vote for adoption. It was moved by Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Green, that emergency Ordinance No. 1130 be adopted. Roll Call: The City Manager presented a report on Sections 395b0- 39587 of the Government Code. which allows cities to abate weeds on parcels and collect costs through a special assess- ment against that parcel. On June 16, 1981 Council direct- ed Staff to abate weeds on certain parcels of land within the City and the three days required posting was adhered to. Proposed Zone Chng. Alameda Ord.lst. read Site Plan Review Emerggency Ord.1130 Mobile Hm~ on Single- Fami ly to t Report re weed abate & coll.co; s Res.81-87 He recommended Council approve RESOLUTION No. 81-87 en- Auth.Assess. titled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING re Cost of THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT AND Weed Abate. AUTHORIZING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT COVERING THE EXPENSE OF ABATING DRY AND DRYING WEEDS FOR THE 1980-81 FISCAL YEAR." The Mayor inquired if anyone present wished to speak in favor of or in opposition to the proposed weed abatement. Mrs. Garcies, 2737 E. 111th, spoke in favor of the resolution. Mr. Don Rickes, 11b38 Louise Avenue, wants the freeway corridor cleaned up with Caltrans charged for the work. ^~, Beverly Hopkins, 11279 Pope Avenue, spoke in favor of the weed abatement and charging the work to the individual. Since there were no other comments, the hearing was closed. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Thompson,. and carried, that the Resolution be adopted. RES. 81-88 The City Manager reported on the City's weed abatement Weed Abate. where the Street Maintenance crews remove weeds from properties within the City limits, collecting costs through a special assessment. On June lb; 1981 Council authorized a public hearing and all persons were mailed a notice of said public hearing. It was recommended that Council approve RESOLUTION No. 81-88 entitled: "A RESOLUTION PASSING UPON OBJECTION AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER TO ABATE THE NUISANCE OF DRY AND DRYING WEEDS THAT EXIST ON CERTAIN PARCELS GF LAND IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD." LOT 48 TRACT 2794. The Mayor inquired if favor of or in opposi were no comments from closed. It was moved Councilman Green, and adopted. anyone present wished to speak in lion to this subject. Since there the public the hearing was declared by Councilman Thompson,seconded by carried, that the Resolution be Res. 81-89 Weed Abate The City Manager reported on the Weed Abatement Program for the fiscal ear 1981 82 . y - which consists of the Street Maintenance crews removing weeds from properties within the City limits, collecting costs through a special assess- ment. On June lb, 1981 Council authorized a public hearing and all persons were mailed a notice of said hearing. It was recommended that. Council approve RESOLUTION No. 81-89 entitled: "A RESOLUTION PASSING UP ON OBJECTION AND DI- RECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER TO ABATE THE NUISANCE OF DRY AND DRYING WEEDS THAT EXIST ON CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD." The Mayor inquired if anyone present wished to speak in favor of i or n opposition to this. Since there was no response the hearing was declared closed It . was moved by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Thompson , and carried, that the Resolution be adopted. NEW BUSINESS Auth.Agrmt. The City Manager reported that Council authorized an agree- Optimal ment with Optimal Data Corporation June 2, 1981 for pro- Data cessing parking citations. Optimal Data found that the City has 7,500 delinquent citations at Compton Municipal Court and they propose processing this backlog @ $1.05 per citation (their standard charge), making the total cost for this processing $7,875, netting the City $125,775, whi h c cost can be absorbed in the Law Enforcement Division account. He recommended that Council authorize Purchasing to approve payment of this service. It was moved by Council- man Morris, seconded by Councilman Thompson, and carried, .r: _ ..~x,,~. a that this payment Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Noes: None be approved. Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork RESOLUTION N0. 81-90 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNlrJ00D APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR PEDESTRIAN FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER 821." was presented. THE S8 RES. N0. 81-g0 PEDESTRIAN FUND SB 821 to be made if the money was not used for the sicrewa~K at Lynwood High School. It was moved by Councilman Rowe, seconded by Councilman Morris, and carried, to apply for the loan now before the. expiration date expired. The City Manager reported that the Employee Classifica- tion and Position Plan should contain statements de- scribing the nature of the work and qualifications re- quired for adequate performance of all City positions. The position of Public Information Officer was added to the City's table of organization and the job de- scription should be approved and included. This po- sition is partially funded through grant programs that should be placed in the exempt classification. He recommended that Council adopt RESOLUTION No.81-91 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION AND POSITION PLAN TO INCLUDE THE DESCRIPTION FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER." It was moved by Council- man Green, seconded. by Councilman Thompson and carried, that the Resolution be adopted. The City Manager stated that the success of recruit- ment for some City classifications is severely cur- tailed by a scarcity of skills for which there is .a significant labor market demand. The merger of eli- gibility lists would allow the City to integzate the scores of qualified candidates from both previous and more recent recruitments for the same classifi- cation in order to create a single list containing sufficient candidates for appointment consideration. In that way the earlier certified candidates would not be removed from possible consideration, or have to be retested, which can be both inefficient and expensive. He recommended that Council adopt RESO- LUTION No. 81-92 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING RESOLUTION 2843, PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS, RULE VIII, SEC- TION 2.°' It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded _""', by Councilman Morris, and carried, that this Resolu- tion be adopted. The City Manager reported that on June 9 and June 23, the City Council met and reviewed the proposed 1981- 82 Annual Operating Budget, with the requested changes completed. In addition, the Capital Improvement pro- jects proposed to be funded from revenue sharing will be funded from the General Fund. He recommended that Council adopt.:RESOLUTION No. 81-93 entitled: '' A RESO- Res.81-91 Emp.Class. Incl.Pub. Inf.Off. Res.81-92 Amend Per, Rules,Reg Res.81-93 Operating Budget 1981-82 i~ LUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ADOPT- ING THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1981-82." Res.81-94 RESOLUTION No. 81-94 entitled: °' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Est.Water COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ESTABLISHING THE WATER FUND Fund Fee ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981-82.°' 1981-82 RESOLUTION No. 81-95 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE IN- Res.81-95 CORPORATED CITY OF LYNWOOD FIXING THE RATES OF-TAXES Tax Rates AND LEVYING TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1 1981 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1982." ' It was moved by Councilman Morris, seconded by Council- man Green, that these Resolutions be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Green, Morris, Thompson, Byork. Noes: Councilman Rowe Absent: None _ Res. 81-96 Demands RESOLUTION No. 81-96 entitled: ''A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ALLOWING AND APPROV- ING THE DEMANDS PRESENTED BY ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THEREFOR." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Green, seconded b C il y ounc man Thompson, that the Reso- lution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork. Noes: None Absent: None OLD BUSINESS G.Martini ' The City Manager reported that at the last Council meet- re-appt d ing Commissioner George Martini expressed an interest Rec.& Pks. in remaining on the Recreation and Parks Commission Comm. . There were no other nominations. He recommended that Council approve the appointment of Commissioner Martini for another term. It was moved by Councilman Green , seconded by Councilman Morris, and carried, that this appointment be authorized. It was moved. by Councilman Morris, seconded by Council- man Thompson, and carried that the following items be adopted: Res.81-97 RESOLUTION No. 81-97 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE Amend.Pers. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING RULE XV Riles & Reg. SECTION 4 of the PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS." ORDINANCE No. 1128 entitled: t1AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY Ord.1128 OF LYNWOOD AMENDING SECTION 24-59 and 24-60 OF THE CODE Personnel OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD PERTAINING TO THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM " System . ORDINANCE N0. 1129 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY Ord.1129 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS Zoning OF ORDINANCE No. 570, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD: -12.05 (b) 3,4,5; 14.05; 14.05 A 3 a b c; , , 15.25; 15.26; 19.21" Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen;Green, Morris, Thompson, Byork. Noes: Councilman Rowe Absent: None CITY CLERK'S AGENDA Wafds annual The City Manager reported that a request had been received Pkg.lot Sale from Montgomery Ward to conduct their annual parking lot sale at the east side of their building Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, July 10, 11 and 12. It was the con- sensus of Council that this request be approved. ~C fn .. J COUNCIL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CounCilma.n Rowe requested notices in the future when C. ROWE RE NOTICE City Hall is being closed like it was Friday, July 3. FOR CLOSING OF He also expressed his desire to have flags flying in CITY HALL: FLAG the City on holidays.. FLYING ON HOLIDAYS Councilman Thompson commented on the coming show• at C ITY B I RTHDAY Bateman Hall in commemoration of th.e City's 60th AND CHAMBER birthday and the C~~amber of Commerce's 35th year, expressing his hope that there would be a good turnout. ~.-- Councilman Green commented favorably on the recent C. GREEN RE Freeway meeting, stating that all corridor cities FREEWAY MEETING should go along with the 75% already accomplished. Councilman Morris expressed the need for fireworks C. MORRIS RE safety and that this should be checked into before SAFETY F I REWORKS another 4th of July arrives. A report from Mx. Snavely was presented on the fireworks display here in the park, stating that the crowd was what was anticipated. Mayor Byork reported on the corridor inspection and freeway meeting Thursday, July 2 where Mr. Ray Barn- hart, Federal Highway Inspector, came out for the tour. Mr. Barnhart is cognizant of the .4200 houses to be replaced and the freeway construction required by a Consent Decree. He is willing to start any time a b-lane freeway and limit houses to 1500-2000, which is a negotiating deal. Mayor. Byork suggested we go along with thinking as it was .thrown out to us since it can always be widened later. The Federal Highway Commission and the Plaintiff's lawyers can sit down and discuss this with Caltrans. Mayor Byork stated a-total of 1025 homes will be relocated. He expressed his desire to be allowed to be part of the nego iating team. It was moved by Councilman Thomp- son, seconded by Councilman Morris, that a letter be prepared for the Mayor's signature containing this request. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Byor. re Fwy Mtg Sandra Sibley, 12028 Gertrude Drive, addressed Council S. S I BLEY RE to inquire what happened to the °`smoking"` and "no "SMOKING" AND smoking" signs formerly in the Council Chamber. "NON-SMOKING" Beneito R. Miranda, 3893 Le Sage Street, addressed B. MIRANDA Council to inquire why they referred to "those people" REFERENCE TO instead of "citizens . "' He stated the City Clerk was C I T I ZENS elected by 80% of the people, whereas the City Manager was not. He stated Councilman Green is very deroga- tory in his remarks to her and that if Councilman Green is not elected out of office next time, Miranda feels sorry for what might happen to him. Debra Rhodes, 4026 Louise, addressed Council to inquire D. RHODES RE about the b-lane freeway; how they.. were going to de- 6-LANE FREEWAY: termine the housing formula and about the Lynwood Shop- SHOPPING MALL ping Mall. ~""'" Mrs. Sheryl Ingo, 11664 Lugo Park, addressed Council to S. INGA complain about the $10 increase in dog licenses and asked DOG L I CENSE about going into the County. INCREASE Gary Inga, llbb4 Lugo Park, addressed Council to complain about dog license fees, stating he has to sell his house G. INGA because of unemployment by Firestone, and cannot afford DOG FEES our fees. Mrs. Hazel Von, 5400 Fertile Street, addressed Council to H. vON, AGE inquire what age is considered 01senior citizen" for ob- SR. CITIZEN taining dog licenses . STATUS FOR DOG LICENSES MS. GARCIA COMPLAINT Mrs. Garcia, 2737 East 111th, addressed Council to com- plain about the 100% in ABOUT DOG crease in obtaining a dog license and state how very annoyed she is at the Po d i LICENSE FEE un n general. Ralph Hubbs, 10709 Capistrano, addressed Cou ncil to state he i R. HUBBS s against dog license fees in general, because he thinks it i RE DOG L I CENSE s just another way to get money. He is paying for a water meter he did FEES not want, plus a meter reader to read the water meter he did not want. He said the Sheriff's Department was not wanted. "Proposition 13 was voted in because people did not want to pay taxes and I' i m go ng to do the same thing if you keep raising taxes --you should start lli " pu ng in reins. D. RICHMAN Dave Richman, 1110b Benwell Drive, addressed Council to OBJECTION object to the $20 dog license fee, or the $10 neutered TO INCREASED dog fee. He stated the senior citizen fee refers to DOG L I CENSE neutered, also, which he feels is unfair. FEES S. SIBLEY Sandra Sibley, 12028 Gertrude Drive, addressed Council PR POSITION to inquire about the Public Relations Officer position: the salary, will it be advertised, and what the job entails. B. HOPKINS RE DOG LICENSE Beverly Hopkins, uire ab 11279 Pope, addressed Council to in- FEE BY COUNTY q out what license fees to happened to the discussion of dog be tak that was tabled en over by Los Angeles County at the last Council meeting. MS. GARCIA POISON FOR Mrs. Garcia, 273 quire about what 7 East oth 111th, addressed Council to in- RATS to destroy rats, er which means beside poison can be used are only caused by the Freewa Corridor. y ADJ. TO Council adjourned at 9:50 p.m, to Executive Session for EX. SESSION discussion. of two matters of litigation. Following the FOR LITIGATION Executive session at 10:30, it was moved by Councilman MATTERS Morris, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the meeting adjourn to July 21, 1981 at 7:30 p.m. .__. J ,WEAVER, Acting City C er APPROVED August 4, 1981 __._ ~ ,~ 0 D. BYORK, YOR r 4 -~, _ x_