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Home My WebLink About06-10-2008 SS MINUTES JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY STUDY SESSION CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, JUNE 10,2008 **************************************************************************************************** CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hickman called the Joint Study Session to order at 4:06 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: MAYOR HICKMAN MAYOR PRO TEM KELLEY COUNCILMAN BUCKLEY COUNCILMAN MAGEE COUNCILMAN SCHIFFNER ABSENT: NONE Also present were: City Manager Brady, City Attorney Leibold, City Treasurer Weber, Administrative Services Director Pressey, Information/Communications Manager Dennis Parks & Recreation Director Gonzales, Director of Lake and Aquatic Resources Kilroy, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Seumalo, Community Development Director Preisendanz, Planning Manager Weiner, Planner Miller, Planner Carlson, Building Division Manager Chipman, Public Works Manager Payne and City Clerk Munson. DISCUSSION ITEMS Mayor Hickman gave an overview of the presentations and confirmed that the presenters would be present at the 7:00 p.m. meeting. City Manager indicated Rick Bishop OF WRCOG, will be attending a future meeting to make his presentation. PUBLIC COMMENTS Bill Tiitto, resident, inquired how much information could staff disclose of the closed session items. City Attorney Leibold responded when a case is filed and there is an actual law suit, the City will identify the law suit. She also stated if there is a threat of litigation against the 1 City or Redevelopment Agency and it is identified as threatened or anticipated litigation and under the Brown Act, if the facts are not generally known, and it would compromise the City or the Agency's position to disclose those facts, then there is no legal requirement to disclose. She also indicated there will be no record of the action if the case is never filed or it does not develop into real litigation. Bill Tiitto, resident, expressed his concerns with the lack of voting identification at the Lakeside Middle School precinct at the June 3rd election and asked for an explanation. Bill Tiitto, resident, inquired if the approval of the 2008/09 budget had been approved yet. Mayor Hickman confirmed approval of the 2008/09 Budget was on the agenda for approval. Bill Tiitto, resident, inquired if the markings on the 1-15 lanes could be expedited. City Manager Brady responded CalTrans is grinding the lanes, smoothing them out and indicated there were temporary marking placed out for the lanes. Bill Tiitto, resident, inquired if the City had any plans for a salary freeze for the City to balance the budget. Mayor Hickman responded Council plans to honor the Union contract and following through on their commitment and all funds are budgeted. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS (5) Minutes of the Followinq Meetinq(s) There were no comments. (6) Warrant List Dated Mav 29, 2008 There were no comments. (7) Resolutions Pertaininq to the General Municipal Election to be Held on November 4. 2008 City Clerk Munson responded to Mr. Tiito's concerns with the election procedures. (8) Resolutions Adoptinq Requlations Pertaininq to Candidates' Statements There were no comments. 2 (9) Citywide Landscapinq and Liqhtinq Maintenance District and the Landscapinq and Street Liqhtinq Maintenance District NO.1 for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 - Approval of Enqineer's Reports and Resolution of Intention There were no comments. (10) DMA Special Activities and Street Closure Councilman Magee inquired if the City received any opposition from the Downtown businesses for this activity. Parks & Recreation Director Gonzales responded he had not received any opposition; however, he did speak with the merchants that are sponsoring the Chili Cookoff and requested they contact the local merchants in the area of Graham and Main. The sponsors reported there were no merchants in opposition to the activity. He also indicated he personally spoke with Trails End, one of the vendors, and they were not in opposition. (11 ) McVicker Skate Park Mayor Pro Tem Kelley stated she was opposed to an unsupervised park. She also inquired about the equipment from Alliance Skate Park and asked if it would be rented out. Parks & Recreation Director Gonzales responded this issue needed to be worked out with Action Park Alliance. He stated the equipment required evaluation to determine if the City wanted to continue with its use. He also noted there will no longer be a resident fee, simply a resident/waiver form to be completed. (12) Joint Professional Service Aqreement with Kevser Marston. Inc. There were no comments. (13) Approval of CDBG Cooperation Aqreement Fiscal Years 2009-10. 2010-11 and 2011-12 Councilman Magee indicated next year the City will be crossing the $50,000 threshold and inquired if the City would be able to get out of the agreement. City Manager Brady responded it was his understanding the City is committed for the three year period. He noted staff felt this was the best way to move forward. City Attorney Leibold also indicated those intervening years will also give the City Council the opportunity to evaluate whether they want to take advantage of the entitlement status or remain a participating jurisdiction. 3 (14) CR&R - Annual Consumer Price Index Increase Councilman Magee stated CR&R is a great corporate citizen Lake Elsinore. He noted they do a great service for a very reasonable fee. He indicated with all of the negative impacts they have to deal with in this economy, this increase was minute. (15) Quitclaim Deed for a Portion of Property Adiacent to Graham Avenue in Favor of Pioneer Lumber There were no comments. (16) Settlement Aqreement with MSA Enterprises, Inc. (Best Western Hotel) City Attorney Leibold indicated Council will have an opportunity to discuss this in closed session. She also noted the other party has requested Council continue the item off of the Consent Calendar. PUBLIC HEARINGS (17) Mitiqated Neqative Declaration No. 2006-03, Tentative Tract Map No. 35869 for Condominium Purposes, Planned Unit Development No. 2008-01, and Residential Desiqn Review No. 2006-07 for the Proiect Known as "Grand Solutions" There were no comments. (18) Tentative Parcel Map No. 35890 for Condominium Purposes for "Fairway Business Park" (APN 377-140-024) There were no comments. (19) Tentative Tract Map No. 34346 for Condominium Purposes and Residential Desiqn Review No. 2005-27 for the "Colony" - Request for Continuance There were no comments. APPEAL(S} (20) Consideration of Two Appeals of the Planninq Commission's Decision to Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 2008-09, a Request for the Establishment of Live Music, Dancinq, and Entertainment within the Restaurant Area of an Existinq Bowlinq and Entertainment Center (Trevi Lanes) Mayor Pro Tem Kelley distributed a flyer to the Council and indicated the flyer was passed out in a high school classroom. 4 Councilman Magee indicated the flyer was also passed out Wednesday, June 4th at Elsinore High School and David A. Brown Jr. High School. He stated he brought the flyers to the attention of Mr. Knight's representative and indicated very clearly that the information in the flyer was not anything the Council could support and passing the flyer out in front of a Jr. High School was in poor taste. Councilman Magee noted that it was his understanding that Mr. Knight did not directly authorize the distribution of the flyer at any school and indicated he was not certain if Mr. Knight knew about this flyer. He noted that once this was brought to Mr. Knight's attention, he immediately contacted the principals at the schools to let them know this was not the type of thing he would promote. BUSINESS ITEMS (21) General Fund and LLMD Operatinq Budqets for Fiscal Year 2008-09 City Treasurer Weber stated the budget was good and conservative. Mayor Hickman requested placing $2,000 in the budget for the Memorial Day service. Councilman Magee indicated he will recuse himself from voting on the budget, specifically the line item related to the donation to the Trauma Intervention Program. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS (2) Approval of Redevelopment Aqencv Minutes There were no comments. (3) Warrant List Dated Mav 29,2008 There were no comments. (4) Professional Service Aqreement with Kevser Marston, Inc. There were no comments. PUBLIC HEARINGS 5) Mitiqated Neqative Declaration No. 2006-03, Tentative Tract Map No. 35869 for Condominium Purposes, Planned Unit Development No. 2008-01.and Residential Desiqn Review o. 2006-07 for the Proiect Known as "Grand Solutions" 5 There were no comments. (6) Tentative Parcel Map No. 35890 for Condominium Purposes for "Fairway Business Park" (APN 377-140-024) There were no comments. (7) Tentative Tract Map No. 34346 for Condominium Purposes and Residential Desiqn Review No. 2005-27 for the "Colony" - Request for Continuance There were no comments. BUSINESS ITEMS (8) Redevelopment Aqency Operatinq Budqet for Fiscal Year 2008-09 There were no comments. PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES There were no comments. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hickman adjourned the Joint City Council/Redevelopment Agency Study Session at 4:39 p.m. ~Kgtt CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE A-- L.L VrVlAN M. MUNSON, CITY CLERK CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 6