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Home My Public Portal AboutCity Council_Minutes_1987-02-17_Regular 19871 CITY OF TEMPLE CITY CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 17, 1987 INITIATION: 1. CALL TO ORDER: Pursuant to the Agenda posted on February 13, Mayor Atkins called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 1987. 2. The invocation was given by Pastor Charles Woodworth of the First United Methodist Church, 5957 Golden West Avenue. 3. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by Mayor Atkins. 4. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmen- Dennis, Froehle, Gillanders, Swain, Atkins Absent: Councilmen -None Also Present: City Manager Koski, City Attorney Martin, Planning Associate Saldana, Parks and Recrea- tion Director Kobett, Public Works Coordina- tor Peterson and Julie Estrada of the Temple City Times 5. CONSENT CALENDAR It was moved by Councilman Froehle and seconded by Council- man Gillanders to remove item D. from the Consent Calendar for further discussion. On motion by Councilman Gillanders, seconded by Councilman Froehle, the remaining items on the Consent Calendar were approved as recommended. A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Regular Meeting of February 3, 1987. Approved as written. B. ACCEPTANCE OF WORK - E.C. CONSTRUCTION CO. - CONSTRUCTION OF KAUFFMAN AVENUE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT Council accepted the work and authorized the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion; authorized payment in the amount of $39,144.82; and authorized release of the 10% retention in the amount of $4,349.43 at the end of the 35 -day lien period. C. RECOMMENDATION FROM TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEETING OF FEBRU- ARY 4, 1987 (1) OLEMA STREET, WEST OF TRELAWNEY AVENUE, RESTRICTED PARKING Council approved Traffic Commission's recommenda- tion to place "No Parking 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM, School Days Only" signs on both sides of Olema Street in order to cut down on high school students parking during school hours on this residential street. �!3 375 Council Minutes, February 17, 1987 - Page 2 E. APPROVAL OF VENDORS ALONG PARADE ROUTE - 43RD ANNUAL CAMELLIA FESTIVAL Council approved five vendors recommended by the 43rd Annual Camellia Festival Committee subject to the re- quired Certificates of Insurance and all necessary per- mits. F. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION FROM REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 10, 1987 City Council received and filed the memo from the Plan- ning Commission outlining action taken at the Commis- sion's meeting of February 10. G. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES: (1) MANUEL GARCIA, JR. (2) PAULA SWANSON (3) LOUIE RAMOS Council denied all claims and referred them to Southern California Joint Powers Insurance Authority. H. RESOLUTION NO. 87 -2695: EMPLOYMENT OF BUDGETED PERSONNEL Council adopted Resolution 87 -2695 authorizing the employment of budgeted personnel. I. RESOLUTION NO. 87 -2696: APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF BILLS Council adopted Resolution 87 -2696 allowing claims and demands in the amount of $121,444.665. D. REQUEST FOR STUDY SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL - PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Councilmembers felt an appropriate time to discuss the proposed uses of State Grant Funds in the amount of $84,000 would be during the time that the proposed budget is prepared. Councilman Swain moved to set the matter of uses for State Grant Funds at a study session with the Parks and Recreation Commission, date to be determined later, seconded by Councilman Gillanders and unanimously car- ried. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. PUBLIC HEARING: MODIFICATION OF ZONE VARIANCE NO. 86 -818; 9064 OLIVE; OWNER /APPLICANT: JOHN NETTLETON City Manager Koski provided background information stating that on January 6, 1987, the City Council adopted Resolution 87 -2689 approving zone variance 86 -818 allowing construction of a sub- standard size garage located a minimum of 20 feet from the property line adjacent to Sultana Avenue. The applicant has found that, with a 20 -foot setback, he would lose both kitchen windows and requested that Council modify the condition to 15 feet allowing him to keep one kitchen window. IS 373 Council Minutes, February 17, 1987 - Page 3 Mayor Atkins stated that he would abstain from the discussion and would not vote on this matter as he has a personal relationship with the Nettleton family. Mayor Atkins declared the public hearing open and in- vited anyone wishing to address the subject to come forward at this time. John Nettleton, 9064 Olive, asked that the Council consider his request to modify the zone variance re- cently granted. If the garage were situated 15 feet rather than 20 feet from the property line, Mr. Nettle- ton would lose only one kitchen window rather than two. Mr. Nettleton advised that this problem was not evident when he first came to the City Council with his request as the original plot plan was not drawn to scale. Also, Mr. Nettleton wished clarification on #4 of Section 2 of Resolution 87 -2689 as it indicated that he must remove approximately 18 feet of driveway and he did not recall that being a condition of Council's approval. Mr. Nettleton advised the Councilmembers that his neighbor had been advised of his request for a 15 -foot setback and had no objection. As no one else wished to address Council, Councilman Dennis moved to close the public hearing, seconded by Councilman Gillanders, and unanimously carried. Councilman Swain stated that she had no objection to the 15 -foot setback as it was a dead end street and the fact that Mr. Nettleton's neighbor had no objection to the modification. Also, Councilman Swain did not see the need for Mr. Nettleton to remove the driveway as long as the curb -cut and approach was removed and replaced with curb, gutter and sidewalk. Councilman Dennis stated that, since there is approxi- mately 26 feet from the proposed site of the garage to the curb, he also had no objection to the request for a 15 -foot setback. Councilman Gillanders concurred with Councilmen Swain and Dennis, but had concern with the fact that the Mr. Nettleton's garage was only 18 inches from the garage of his neighbor and felt that it could be a potential fire hazard. Councilman Froehle agreed with Councilmembers and moved to adopt Resolution No. 87 -2697, which supersedes Reso- lution No. 87 -2689, modifying #3 of Section 2 to read: "The proposed garage shall be relocated so as to leave a 15 -foot setback from the public right -of -way (Sultana Avenue) "; and #4 of Section 2 to read: "The existing curb -cut on Olive shall be removed and replaced with a standard curb, gutter and sidewalk prior to final in- spection", seconded by Councilman Gillanders and car- ried, with Mayor Atkins abstaining. B. PUBLIC HEARING: ZONING CODE AMENDMENT - ADDITION OF PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USES WITHIN VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY City Manager Koski advised that on January 13 the pro- posed code amendment deletes "Clarification of Ambigu- ity" and replaces it with a new procedure wherein the Planning Commission, after making certain findings, can add or delete land uses within a given zoning district. The new procedure greatly simplifies the existing method by which land uses are added to or deleted from the zoning ordinance. 271 Council Minutes, February 17, 1987 - Page 4 Mayor Atkins declared the public hearing open. As no one wished to address the Council, Councilman Gillanders moved to close the public hearing, seconded by Councilman Froehle, and unanimously carried. Councilman Dennis moved to certify the Negative Declara- tion of Environmental Impact, seconded by Councilman Swain and unanimously carried. City Attorney Martin introduced for first reading by title only Ordinance No. 87 -600, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING SECTION 9165 OF THE ZONING CODE RELATING TO CLARIFICATION OF AMBIGUITY. Councilman Swain moved to waive further reading, but was objected to by Councilman Gillanders. As there would not be a unanimous vote on the motion, City Attorney Martin read Ordinance No. 87 -600 in full. 7. NEW BUSINESS: A. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Councilman Swain moved to set public hearing for March 3 to consider the General Plan amendments, seconded by Councilman Dennis and unanimously carried. 8. COMMUNICATIONS: None 9. TIME FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK: No one wished to address the City Council. RECESS TO CRA: At the time Council recessed to meet as the Temple City Community Redevelopment Agency; and approved the Minutes of the February 3 meeting and adopted Resolution CRA 295: War- rants and Demands in the amount of $184.73. The Minutes are set forth in full in the records of the Agency. 10. ACTION ON REQUEST BY CRA: None 11. MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS: A. City Attorney Martin brought before the City Council the matter of late arriving and incomplete insurance poli- cies from participants of the Camellia Festival. As this appears to be an ongoing problem, Mr. Martin sug- gested that a due date of 30 days in advance of the event be set for the City to receive insurance policies. Mr. Martin also reminded Councilmembers that JPIA does require the City to have insurance policies name the City as additionally insured, which a few participants omitted to include in their policies. 1 5 39 1 1 Council Minutes, February 17, 1987 - Page 5 On motion by Councilman Swain and seconded by Councilman Gillanders, it was unanimously carried that a "subse- quent need" to take action on the insurance item arose after the posting of the Agenda on February 13. After some discussion regarding the problems surrounding the insurance issue, Mayor Atkins recommended that a formal written policy be developed by City staff for events such as the Camellia Festival in order to elimi- nate last- minute insurance problems. Councilman Swain moved to require and accept insurance policies naming the City additionally insured from Camellia Festival participants up until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, seconded by Councilman Gillanders and unanimously carried. 12. ADJOURNMENT: On motion by Councilman Swain, seconded by Councilman Froehle, the meeting of the City Council adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 1987. ATTEST: Ch of puty C Clerk 367