12-10-1991 Council MinutesAPPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 21,
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
OF A REGULAR MEETING
1992.
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ORANGE, CALIFORNIA -
DECEMBER
10, 1991 The
city Council of the City of Orange, California convened this loth day
of December, 1991 at 3:00 p.m. in a Regular Meeting in the Council
Champers. 300 E. Chapman Avenue. Oranae. California.3:
00 P.M. SESSION 1.
OPENING 1.
1 PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 1.
2 ROLL CALL PRESENT -
Steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon ABSENT - None
1.3 APPROVAL
OF MINUTES Regular Meeting - November
26, 1991 MOTION - Barrera SECOND - Coontz
AYES - steiner, Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz,
Spurgeon ACTION: Approved.1.4 PRESENTATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTRODUCTIONS
Choral presentation
by Orange High School Chamber
Singers, led by Mike Short, Choir Director.The Choir
presented a plaque to Mayor
Beyer, thanking him for his support of the choir program.1.
5 PROCLAMATIONS BARTER MONTH" - TradeAmericanCard, January,
1992.Proclamation was
accepted by Don Hunsberger.2.CONSENT
CALENDAR TAPE 335 2.1 Declaration
of City Clerk Marilyn J.
Jensen declaring posting of city Council Agenda of a regular meeting
of December 10,1991, at Orange Civic center, Main Library, New
Police Facility at 1107 N. Batavia and the Eisenhower
Park Bulletin Board; all of said locations being in the
City of Orange and freely accessible to members of the public at
least 72 hours before commencement of said regular meeting.ACTION: Accepted
Declaration of Agenda Posting and authorized
its retention as a public record in the
Office of the City Clerk.Page 1
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR (Continued)
2.2 Authorize Mayor and Director of Finance to draw warrants on
City Treasurer in payment of demands.
ACTION: Approved.
2.3 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES FROM:
1. MARGARET VEGA for an alleged incident occurring on or
about August 10, 1991.
2. BARBARA MOFFETT for an alleged incident occurring on or
about October 5, 1991.
3. "THE CITY" and TISHMAN WEST COMPANIES for an alleged
incident occurring on or about July, 1991. (X-Ref:
Rosie
Bern)ACTION: Denied claims and referred to the City Attorney
and
Adjuster.REMOVED AND HEARD
SEPARATELY)2.4 Request to approve the execution of Contract between
the Orange Redevelopment Agency and
Williams-Kuebelbeck &Associates in an amount not to exceed $54,430.00
for an Economic Development strategy. (A2100.0
A.1888)
Funds:
910-9801-426600-9ll6;920-9811-
426600-9116;930-9821-426600-
9116 (Tustin st. Tax ExemptjSW Tax ExemptjNW Tax ExemptjPublicity and Advertising)
Council questioned the scope of the work and the
budget for this item. Councilman Spurgeon commented one of the reasons this
is being done with the needs assessment study is that
a game plan is needed before deciding what type
of marketing plan to have and what are compatible industries.
secondly,this has no impact on the city
budget. These are Redevelopment Agency funds that have already been appropriated for
this purpose. At stake is the future economic base of the City,
as we look into the next 10-15 years, and what
we
attract in compatible
business to this
city, to help our tax base.MOTION - Spurgeon
SECOND - Barrera AYES -
Steiner, Barrera,
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR (Continued)
REMOVED AND HEARD SEPARATELY)
2.5 Request Council uphold the existing conditions for Tract 6937
prohfbiting direct access to santiago Boulevard, except from
Robinhood Place. (V1300.0 No. 1896-
90)Charlie Moe, owner of the property, spoke in favor of
approval of granting direct access to santiago
Blvd.MOTION - Coontz
SECOND - Barrera AYES -
Steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon ACTION: Approved.
REMOVED AND
HEARD SEPARATELY)2.6
Request Council approve Easement Deed to the Orange County Flood Control
District, for flood control and water conservation purposes
over an area in the santiago Creek channel at
the end of Walnut Avenue, east of Malena Street.D4000.0)
MOTION - steiner
SECOND - Barrera AYES -
Steiner, Barrera, Mayor
Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon ACTION: Authorized Mayor and City
Clerk to execute on behalf of the City.2.7
Request Council approve
execution of an Easement Deed to Rock Creek Ranch Limited Partnership for
the perpetual maintenance of landscaping, and execution of
a Maintenance and Easement Agreement concerning this maintenance and
the meandering sidewalk located on Prospect Street
in connection with the development of Tract No. 13842. (
04000.0)ACTION: Authorized Mayor and City
Clerk to execute on behalf of the city.2.8
Request for additional
TSIA funding in the amount of 215,000.00 for the
construction phase of the widening of the Main Street Bridge at the
SR-22 Freeway. (S4000.S.3.7)ACTION: Approved and instructed
the city Treasurer to add these funds to the
existing $500,000.00 committed to the construction phase of this
project.MOTION SECOND AYES Coontz
Mayor
Beyer
Steiner,
Barrera,Mayor
Beyer, coontz, spurgeon
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR (Continued)
Items 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 were removed and heard separately. All other
items on the Consent Calendar were approved/denied as recommended.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
3. REPORTS FROM MAYOR BEYER - None 4.
REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS 4.
1 Council policy and recommendations on budget deficit.OR1800.
0.82)Councilwoman
Coontz, on behalf of the Audit Committee, expressed appreciation
to the City Manager, Dept. Heads and Staff for their continued
dedication to reducing the operational costs of the City of Orange.
They recognized common concerns in maintaining community service
levels in light of the deficit in projection of revenues.In
recent weeks, representatives of the Council have met informally with
Dept. Heads and a Study Session of the entire Council in an attempt
to find solutions. Reduction of the $4.6 million deficit will
not be easy.The
Council as a whole has the responsibility to share in the cost savings
effort. The goal should be to ensure that all essential services
for the health and safety needs of the community are protected,
along with the long-term investments in infrastructure and
public and private property made by members of this community. To
achieve this goal, the budget must be balanced through prioritization
and a more cost-effective delivery of
services.It was recommended that meetings with each Department Manager
begin immediately, in order to come to an agreement on their perceptions
of the mandatory and discretionary activities within their
departmental purview. Once goals and objectives for the expenditures of
resources have been established on a broad basis, it will be important for
the Council to have a line-by-line understanding of the
entire budget for review and determination of necessary expenses
and use of discretionary funds. Austerity must be the goal
of all departments.Council must set an example
in this regard.Council has asked for the costs associated
with programs undertaken to solve community problems. Most, if not all,
of the programs involve inter-departmental teamwork. Actual costs
need to be brought forth from the various departments so Council
can reaffirm or revise their
commitment to these programs.The Audit Committee asked for approval of
this strategy from the entire council, with direction to the city
Manager to immediately set up a schedule and a series of meetings to
achieve these
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4. REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS (Continued)
The Council, upon making the decision to approve the Phase II Deficit
Reduction Plan with additions and changes, should adopt the policy of
adhering stt1ctly to the budget as requests are encountered for
monies from the staff, Councilmembers, non-profit institutions,
and the
public-at-large.Councilman steiner indicated the December 3rd Study
Session gave a good framework as to what the City is up against
and how the management within the city feels about a variety
of issues. One thing the Audit Committee was concerned about was
agreement on what are essential services within the City. A meeting of
the minds is necessary on this, which requires a lot of teamwork.
The bottom line is balancing the budget through a system
of prioritization and cost-effective service delivery. Council
wants to feel the individual departments are supporting
this, and wants individual input as to what is mandatory and
what is discretionary. without micro-managing the budget, it is interesting
what is
often found in line-by-line expenditures.Throughout the year, a
lot of particular problems come to the attention of the
Council. Sometimes resources are committed to solve those problems that are not budgeted,
and we go into reserves in an unplanned way, which needs to
be looked at. The Audit Committee is asking to continue
the process which has already been established,meet with
each department-head and manager individually, to more fully understand
their list of 5% budget target cuts, the discretionary items over
which they feel they have some control, as well as the mandatory elements
and ask the Manager to move ahead with
this process by full Council action this afternoon.Councilwoman Coontz stated
they would like to know to what extent Council
has extended the budget through special programs, additions or requests. What
percentage of the budget are the decisions Council makes financially goes over
the budget? There is no need to fool ourselves when we
transfer money from one account to another. The Advertising
and Promotion monies have traditionally been looked upon as being monies for special
events, but in truth most all of that money goes into the general
fund. If we are dipping into the general fund, we should say so.
Council has not taken the opportunity in the past
to delve into budget matters thoroughly. As elected representatives,
it is our responsibility
to change that procedure and get involved now.Mayor Beyer commented
that Council should set an example. He will recommend that Council
no longer have dinner between the two Council sessions. Council can 'brown bag' it
from now on. It may not be a great amount of money, but it
will show that Council
is ready to
ease up on
their stomachs.MOTION - Steiner SECOND - Coontz AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor
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4. REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS (Continued)
Moved to accept recommendations of the Audit Committee on the
outlined Budget Deficit Strategy.
The city Manager indicated Staff was going towards a programatic-
type budget, looking at programs that extend beyond one
particular department, rather than the line-item budget. Hopefully, we
will be moving in that direction in evaluating these programs. Some
of them may be absolutely mandatory, some may be nice, but not fall
into that mandatory category. Staff will be back to allow the council
to know precisely the individual department's viewpoints on
these programs.Councilman steiner indicated the purpose of the December
18 Study Session was to do what was started on December 3. He did
not feel the December 18 session was needed, but have the
managers start scheduling meetings with Councilmembers and Department Heads
to look at both programs and the recommendations that have been
made. This is a process which will permit the City to start really
early on putting together the 1992/93 budget, not only dealing
with the immediate crisis of the funding shortfall, but setting the
stage for development for full fiscal year budget for
1992/93.The city Manager agreed the December 18 Study Session
should be cancelled, and that meetings be scheduled starting after the
first of the year. Around December 18 the revenue figures from the
state will
be received.5.REPORTS FROM BOARDS. COMMITTEES AND'COMMISSIONS
TAPE 1268 5.1 Acknowledge vacant position on the Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Arts Advisory Commission, and instruct the City
Clerk to begin Maddy Act requirements to fill the vacancy. (OR1800.
0.10)MOTION -
Barrera SECOND - Spurgeon
AYES - steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved
to instruct the city Clerk to fill the vacant position on the Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Arts Advisory commission pursuant to Maddy
Act requirements.6.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - None Page 6
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7. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER
7.1 Report from the City Manager concerning an agreement to secure
rights to exchange land for the acquisition of street right-
of-way from the Yorba Park Medical Group and related parties. (
A2100.0
A.1889)The City Manager reported that when Yorba Park Medical
Group was approved, there was a reservation for a future street. There
is an opportunity to take advantage of cost savings. The
Yorba Park Medical Group is getting ready to pave the parking lot, and
if the City were to pave the future street right-of-way
at the same time,about $100,000 can be
saved by the
city.MOTION - Spurgeon
SECOND - Barrera AYES - Steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz,
Spurgeon Moved to authorize the city Manager to negotiate and execute
the agreement on behalf of the City, and authorize the expenditure
of funds from Account no. 262-5011-483300-
3907 (Yorba Street Extension Feasibility and Physical Studies) in an
amount not to exceed 30,000.00 to pay costs of construction
to upgrade proposed street
section under the agreement.8.
LEGAL AFFAIRS TAPE 1400 8.
1 RESOLUTION NO. 7910 A Resolution of the City Council of the
city of Orange authorizing the execution of a Public Works cooperation
Agreement with the Orange Redevelopment Agency relating to Public
Improvements (Labor cost for the replacement of an existing 8" water main
from La Veta Avenue southerly to the 22 Freeway and for laying a
new 16" water line across Main Street south of La Veta). (
A2100.
0
A.
1890)MOTION
SECOND AYES
Barrera steiner Steiner,Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz,
Spurgeon That Resolution No. 7910 as introduced be adopted and same was
passed and adopted by the preceding
vote.8.2 RESOLUTION NO.
7911 A Resolution of the City Council of the city of Orange
authorizing the execution of a Public Works cooperation Agreement with the
Orange Redevelopment Agency relating to Public Improvements in the
Southwest Project Area (Memory Lane Interceptor Sewer). (A2100.0 A.
1891)Page
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
MOTION -SECOND -
AYES steiner
Coontz
Steiner,
Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution
No. 7911 as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted
by the preceding vote.8.3
RESOLUTION NO. 7913 A Resolution
of the city Council of the City of orange agreeing to a redistribution of
property taxes for Annexation No. 402 Meads/Naylor. (
A3100.0 No. 402)Bob Bennyhoff,
10642 Morada Drive, spoke to the Council regarding the history of
this annexation. This project began several weeks ago.Mr. Naylor,
who owns three lots there, first went to the County. One of the
problems was that he wanted all three of these lots to access onto Meads
Avenue. This is a very dangerous stretch, so Steve Hogan of the
County EMA recommended that he take his private drive and serve these
three lots and the three other people immediately west of his property.
Mr. Naylor agreed to this. For some reason, he decided not
to go through with the county subdivision and came to the City. At
that point, the Annexation Coordinator agreed the use of that street
would be the same.Another question
that came up was sewers. There is one house on the big lot,
which has a septic tank. Neither the City nor the County will allow
septic tanks. There is a condition to this annexation that anyone
who builds homes on the lots must get City sewer service. One
of these lots was 800 square feet smaller than 43,560 square feet.
One lot is about 53,000, one is 48,000. It was suggested that
he adjust his lot lines to have three legal lots.There is
also a flood plain there. He must make arrangements with the County
Flood Control District. The community is satisfied with the way
the matter was resolved. These are all included as conditions of
annexation.Keith Naylor,
402 Meads, indicated he originally began the land division in
the county of Orange. In discussing it with the county,it was
determined they would have to service the lots with sewers from the
city of Orange. To be able to be serviced by Orange sewers,it was
necessary to be annexed to the City of Orange. He stated this was the
reason for changing to becoming annexed to the City of Orange. He
is in agreement with all the conditions of annexation.Council wanted
clarification that the costs of annexation on these small parcels
are absorbed by the owners of the property, and not by the City.
The Advance Planning Administrator confirmed the costs had been paid
by the Applicant, so the City will not have any costs related to
this annexation. .Page 8
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
MOTION - Coontz SECOND -
Spurgeon AYES - St~
ner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No.
7913 as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by
the preceding vote.8.4 RESOLUTION
NO. 7916 A Resolution of
the City Council of the City of orange expressing appreciation to Joan
M. Edwards of the Orange Finance Department and commending her for
almost 20 years of loyal and dedicated service.C2500.J.1)
MOTION - Barrera SECOND -
Coontz AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer,
Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No. 7916 as introduced
be adopted and same was passed and adopted by the preceding vote.
8.5 RESOLUTION NO. 7917 A
Resolution of the city Council
of the city of Orange expressing appreciation to Martel Thompson of the
Orange Fire Department and commending him for more than seven
years of loyal and dedicated service. (C2500.H)MOTION - Spurgeon SECOND -
Coontz AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer,
Coontz, Spurgeon That
Resolution No. 7917 as introduced be adopted and
same was passed and adopted by the preceding vote.8.6 ORDINANCE
NO. 27-91 An urgency Ordinance
of the city Council of
the City of Orange prohibiting location of mechanical equipment in required side
yard setbacks in residential zones. (C2500.G.2.0)
Councilwoman Coontz felt there was not reason for
this to be an emergency ordinance. This emergency ordinance prohibits installation of
air conditioning equipment for 45 days. At
the end of this time,we may find out such a development standard
is too difficult to put together legally. This is a hardship to businesses
in these recessionary times. She felt it could be handled
in the normal process, with the changes in the Zoning Code.
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
The Director of Community Development indicated Staff tried to
simplify it as much as possible. Council asked how the noise would
be measured, and what standard would apply. The Director of
Community Development indicated the noise standard in the city of
Orange would be used. Council asked how many air conditioners were
installed in an average month, as far as how many people would be
affected. Staff was not able to answer this question immediately.
Dorothy Gibson, 3032 Oceanview Street, addressed the Council in favor
of passing the urgency ordinance.
MOTION - Mayor Beyer SECOND -
Barrera AYES - Barrera,
Mayor Beyer NOES - Steiner, Coontz,
Spurgeon Moved to waive the
reading in full of Ordinance No. 27-91.MOTION DEFEATED.MOTION -
Coontz SECOND -
steiner AYES - Steiner,
Coontz, Spurgeon NOES -
Barrera, Mayor Beyer Moved to
direct Staff to proceed with
the consideration of the request made by Mrs. Gibson and look
at the possibilities of changing or retaining our requirements for mechanical equipment
in sideyards as part of the Zoning ordinance revision. -
MINUTE ORDER COUNCILMAN SPURGEON: "I may very
well
support this at a later date, but until I get the information
I asked Mr. McGee for in terms of what the impact is going to
be, if any, on certain types of business, I did not feel I could support
this. I think I could once I got the data. Also, I want to
hear from the Chamber on this in terms of any people they represent, in case
they do have any comments, as far as any impact on business.
I have air conditioners on both sides of my house and I
live in West Orange, not in an estate. I hear them, and they probably hear
mine during the summer,but they probably have their windows closed. I
know it can be a problem, if they are real close to you
on the side, obviously there is going to be a problem that has
to be corrected. I hope we can move right along on this."Councilwoman Coontz commented
that much of the equipment
being built today is quieter, so you wouldn't want
to disallow equipment in general, without recognizing that the state of the
art has changed.Page 10
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9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
9.1 JOINT PUBLIC HEARING. DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
CHILD OR PARENTAL EMERGENCY SERVICES (COPES):
Time set for a joint public hearing with the Orange Redevelopment
Agency to consider approval of a Disposition and Development
Agreement by the city of Orange, the Orange Redevelopment Agency and
Child or Parental Emergency Services (COPES). (C2300.I)
Councilman steiner commented the recommendation for continuance is
based on the desire of the community to have a joint public hearing
for approval or denial of the Disposition Development Agreement with
COPES, which should be scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. Session. Since
there is no 7:00 p.m. Session on December loth or 17th, that was the
purpose for the continuance. It was represented, when this matter
was addressed previously, that the community would have the
opportunity to make a presentation at an evening session.
MOTION - Steiner SECOND -
Barrera AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon Moved to continue
this item to a public hearing on January 21, 1992 at 7:00
p.m.9.2 GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2-91. GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENT.CITY OF
ORANGE:The public
hearing on petition by the City of Orange to consider the adoption of
a Growth Management Element as a requirement of the Revised Traffic
and Growth Management Ordinance (Measure M) approved by orange
County voters on November 6, 1990, thereby qualifying the City of
Orange to be elgible to receive new Measure M transportation revenues has
been continued from November 19, 1991. (C2300.E GPA 2-91)NOTE:
Negative Declaration 1389-91 has been filed by the
Environmental Review Board on this project.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
MOTION - steiner SECOND -
Barrera AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to continue
this item to December 17, 1991.Page 11
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9. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Continued)
9.3 FINAL DRAFT. SOURCE REDUCTION RECYCLING ELEMENT. HOUSEHOLD
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELEMENT. CITY OF ORANGE:
Time set for a public hearing to consider the city of orange's final
draft of the Source Reduction and Recycling Element, and the
Household Hazardous Waste Element, in compliance with State
legislation, Assembly Bill 939, the Integrated Waste Management Act
of 1989, which outlines specific plans the City will implement in
order to achieve a 25% reduction in refuse sent to landfills by 1995
and 50% reduction by the year 2000. (C2300.L)
NOTE: The preliminary draft was received and filed by the city
Council on November 19, 1991.
MOTION
SECOND
AYES
Barrera Coontz
Steiner,Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to continue
this item to February 11, 1992.10. PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT lO.l Request
for the installation of NO STOPPING ANYTIME-TOWAWAY restrictions to
facilitate the installation of traffic signals and left turn
lanes in proximity to the following intersections:1) Collins
Ave. at Shaffer st.2) Collins
Ave. at Cambridge st. (S4000.S.3.3)MOTION SECOND
AYES
Barrera
Spurgeon
steiner,Barrera,
Mayor Beyer,
Coontz, spurgeon Moved to continue this item
to January 14, 1992.ll. RECESS TO THE MEETING
OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Page 12
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12.ORAL PRESENTATIONS TAPE 2356
M. J. Martini, 638 E. Walnut Avenue, addressed the Council regardingahelicopterflyingverylowintheareaaroundChapmanUniversity,which landed in the athletic field several times. The neighbors were
unhappy about it because it was noisy and caused debris to be blown
around the area. He complained to Chapman University, who said theywouldtakecareofit, but they did not. It was not taken care ofuntilsomeonecomplainedpersonallytotheownerofthehelicopter.He feels it is very dangerous to allow this, with high voltage linesinthearea. He feels Council should regulate helicopter flightslandingintheCityofOrange.
Council directed the City Attorney to check with the F.A.A. to see if
anything can be done. Mr. Martini indicated he had been in contactwiththeF.A.A. and it was suggested that they contact the people who
were giving permission for the helicopter to land, which he had
already done.
Carole Walters, 534 N. Shaffer, presented letters from neighbors in
the area complaining about the problem with the helicopter landings.She feels they called off the landings because they heard the
neighbors were going to picket the area. She was told by the F.A.A.that the City could regulate this by a law. (T2200.0.1)
The following people addressed the Council in opposition to the COPES
project at the Queen Anne House: (C2300.I)
Alice Clark, 205 N. Pine Street.
T. J. Clark, 811 E. Chapman Avenue.
Corinne Schreck, 446 N. James, representing the Orange TaxPayersAssociation.
Ralph Zehner, 630 E. Culver.
Duncan Clark, 205 N. Pine Street.
They made the following points:
They do not feel this is project is appropriate as a City function.The
Police and Fire Dept. should not have to be concerned with this dangerousstructure.Trash and
litter are making the grounds unsightly.There is a
likelihood the land over which the building sits is contaminated with toxic wastefromprevioususes.There is the ever
present liability problem for the City.The land should revert toitsoriginaldesignationforseniorcitizenhousing.Page 13
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12. ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Councilman steiner agreed the resolution of the Queen Anne House has
gone on far too long. Council directed the project to go forward,
with no public funds being expended until private sector,funds were
raised. Complicated legal negotiations have been going on, which has
been very frustrating to those involved in the project. He felt
somewhat pessimistic at this point as to whether the obstacles can be
overcome.
Councilman steiner said has made it clear to all parties that he will
no longer support the project if it is not resolved by January 21,
1992. He will not support a continuance.
Councilwoman Coontz felt some consideration should be made for what
happens with the house if the project does not go forward.
Asher Provda, 333 N. Glassell, addressed the Council regarding the
display of religious symbols in the Orange Plaza. He presented a
letter from the Associated Student Senate at Chapman University. He
requested the Council purchase and display a Menorah as a celebration
of the Jewish faith, along with the Christian symbols of Christmas.
The cost of the Menorah would be about $500.00. Council was not
opposed to the display, but did not feel City funds could be used for
this purchase, in view of the current budget deficit situation.
Mr. provda indicated the rest of the seasonal display is stored and
maintained by the City, and the electricity is funded by the
taxpayers. He wants equal representation of religions. Council was
not opposed to storing and displaying the Menorah, if he should wish
to donate a Menorah to the city. However, they did indicate it would
have to be agendized for formal approval. (R1200.0)
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13. RECESS
The City Council recessed to a Closed Session for the following
purposes: ~
a. To confer with its attorney regarding pending litigation pursuant
to Government Code section 54956.9(a), to wit:
Lanz vs. City of Oranae, Orange cty. Superior Court Case No.
56 64 85.
b. To meet and give directions to its authorized representative
regarding labor relations matters pursuant to Government Code section
54957.6.
c. To confer with its attorney regarding potential litigation
pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(b) (1).
d. To consider and take possible action upon personnel matters
pursuant to Government Code section 54957.
e. To consider and take possible action upon such other matters as
are orally announced by the City Attorney, City Manager, or city
Council prior to such recess, unless the motion to recess indicates
any of the matters will not be considered in Closed Session.
14. ADJOURNMENT
The city Council adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
7:00 P.M. SESSION
NOTE: Due to a lack of quorum, there was no 7:00 p.m. Session.
rL~
MA ILYN J. ENSE~ CMz7. CITY CLERK
GENE BEYER
MAYOR
FRED L. BARRERA, MAYOR PRO TEM
BY:
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