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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-23-2008 City Council MinutesMINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008 *****+4tkirir*#*****tkMfFRR,!*R******irYe4ieffR*RR*#*****RRRYr4Yr***~!x*****irYeRfk4*R*********fF1Ftk4*kR***k**fRRYeRf CALL TO ORDER - 7: P.M. Mayor Magee called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Magee led the pledge of allegiance. INVOCATION -MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER Mayor Magee led the meeting in a moment of silent prayer. ROLL CALL PRESENT: MAYOR MAGEE MAYOR PRO TEM MELENDEZ COUNCILWOMAN BHUTTA COUNCILMAN BUCKLEY ARRIVED AT 7:09 PM ABSENT: COUNCILMAN HICKMAN Also present: City Manager Brady, City Attorney Leibold, Acting Administrative Services Director Riley, Acting Community Development Director Weiner, Public Works Director/City Engineer Seumalo, Director of Lake and Aquatics Kilroy, Parks and Recreation Director Gonzales, Captain Cleary, Information/Communications Manager Dennis and Interim City Clerk Cowley. CLOSED SESSION REPORT City Attorney Leibold announced the City Council met in closed session to discuss a number of matters identified as Items 1(a) through 1(d) on the agenda. The first involved real property negotiations under Government Code § 54956.8. The parcel numbers are identified on the agenda. Item 1(a) the negotiating parties are the City of Lake Elsinore and the property owners Denise and Tim Fleming.. Under negotiation price and Terms of payment. Item 1(b) also involves real property negotiations under the same legal authority. The parcel number identified in Item 1(b). The negotiating parties are the City of Lake Elsinore and the owners Jess and Marissa Enriquez. Under negotiation price and terms of payment. Item 1(c) involves existing litigation under the authority of Government code § 54956.9(a); the City of Canyon Lake versus the City of Lake Elsinore and the case number is identified under Item 1(c) of the agenda. The final Item involves two potential cases under the authority of government Code § 54956.9(b) concerning anticipated litigation. Those were all of the items discussed and there is no reportable action. 1(a) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Gov't Code §54956.8) PROPERTY: APN 375-250-026, -027, 375-942-015 CITY NEGOTIATOR: City Manager Brady NEGOTIATING PARTIES: City of Lake Elsinore, Denise Fleming, and Tim Fleming UNDER NEGOTIATION: Price and terms of payment 1(b) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Gov't Code §54956.8) Property: APN 379-403-018 Agency Negotiator: City Manager Brady Negotiating parties: City of Lake Elsinore and Jess &Marissa Enriquez Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment 1(c) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--EXISTING LITIGATION (Subdivision (a) of Gov't Code §54956.9) City of Canyon Lake vs City of Lake Elsinore (Riverside Superior Court Case #513811) 1(d) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Gov't Code Section 54956.9: 2 potential cases PRESENTATIONS/CEREMONIALS Mayor Magee introduced Mark .Dennis who has spearheaded the effort for the City's new website. Mark Dennis, Information/Communications Manager presented a sneak preview of the City's new website that would be launched on January 5~". He presented the City Council with a guided tour of the web site pointing out the features and tools of the new website. He explained that this project began in March when staff brought the contract with Vision Internet to Council for approval. He advised that much of what is being shown to Council was hand-built by City staff because what was purchased was a highly powertul tool for letting staff distribute the load of putting content on the web by department by subject matter experts. It is a new philosophy from a standpoint of how the City approaches e-government. Mr. Dennis introduced the features of the website. He introduced Toby Soto, IT Supervisor and John Herrera, Information Technology 2 Technical who were part of the project team. (Because of technical difficulty, the presentation was interrupted and postponed until later in the evening). Mayor Magee invited Council Member Buckley to the podium. He advised that each year the Council selects from its own certain officers that are required to do certain tasks and over the last two years Tom Buckley has been the City's Redevelopment Agency Chairman. Mayor Magee stated that Mr. Buckley has shown a certain passion and vigor in moving a certain agenda forward so much so that he was unanimously selected to lead the Redevelopment Agency for a third year. He presented Chairman Buckley with a plaque showing the Council's token of appreciation for last year's efforts. Chairman Buckley accepted the plaque and thanked the Council stating that after two years of working on making sure the Redevelopment Agency was in a place to move forward, this year it is. He advised that over the next six months the community would see a great deal of activity come out of the Redevelopment Agency. He noted that it can be seen with the Downtown Master Plan, the purchase of certain properties moving forward with the changes in the project area. He expressed his belief that the Redevelopment Agency is there to provide the infrastructure for opportunity especially in these difficult economic times; the Redevelopment Agency is in a perfect position to help the City restart its engine. PUBLIC COMMENTS -NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS -1 MINUTE Tim Fleming addressed Council regarding the National Census Homeless Week beginning January 26"'. Every two years, in an effort to eliminate homelessness in the United States, HUD the largest source of homeless program funding performs aone- day point in time, sheltered and unsheltered individuals. The County wide activities will be on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Volunteers are needed for this important effort. He advised that forms were available at the entrance to the cultural Center and at City Hall. CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Magee announced he received a request to pull Items 5 and 8 from the Consent Calendar. Councilman Buckley moved to approve Consent Calendar Items 2 through 9, excluding Items 5 and 8; seconded by Councilwoman Bhutta. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Councilwoman Bhutta, Councilman Buckley, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez and Mayor Magee. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. (2) Approval of Citv Council Minutes Recommendation: Approve the following Minutes: a) The Minutes of the regular City Council Meeting -December 9, 2008. 3 (3) Warrant List Dated December 15. 2008 Recommendation: Authorize payment of warrant list dated December 15, 2008. (4) Claims Against the Citv Recommendation: Reject the claims of Carlos Ramirez, Rocio Vargas, and Maria Navarro and direct the City Clerk's Office to send a letter informing the claimants of the decision. (6) Award of Professional Service Contract for the Design of Diamond Drive and Lakeshore Overlay Recommendation: The City Council award the consultant contract to KOA Corporation for an amount not to exceed $69,280 for preparation of plans and specifications of Grand Avenue. (7) Update to State of California Local Aoencv Investment Fund (LAIF) Resolution Recommendation: That the City Council approve Resolution No. 2008-109 which removes Matt N. Pressey and David W. Sapp as authorized signers for all Local Agency Investment Accounts held at the State of California. I I (9) Investment Report -November 2008 Recommendation: The City Council receive and file the report. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 5 AND 8 (5) Walnut Drive and Frasier Drive Improvements -Notice of Completion Recommendation: The City Council authorize the Mayor to execute the Notice of Completion and request the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion with the County of Riverside. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez felt It was important to note that the original bid for this project was for $395,000; however, the total cost was $164,000 which came in significantly under bid. She stated that at a time when the State budget is in such turmoil and our federal funding is a big question mark, anytime the City can save money is a huge benefit to the City. She thanked Staff for their hard work. (8) 4 Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions for Purchase and Sale of Real Property in substantially the form attached, direct the City Attorney to finalize the Agreement, authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement in such final form as approved by the City Attorney, and direct the City Manager to execute the Certificate of Acceptance. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez thought it was important to note that this item was for the use of eminent domain on property on Machado Street; however, the City did not have to proceed with the eminent domain action because the City was able to negotiate with the property owners and came to a mutually satisfactory agreement. She felt this was terrific because this Council does not want to set a precedent by using eminent domain so if an agreement can be reached that is certainly the option the Council wants to take. Councilwoman Bhutta moved to approve items 5 and 8; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Melendez. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. PUBLIC HEARING(S) (10) Recommendation: The Planning Commission recommends the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2008-110 Certifying Negative Declaration No. 2008-13 and Resolution No. 2008-111 for Tentative Tract Map No. 32013 for Finance and Conveyance Purposes. Mayor Magee opened the public hearing at 7:27 pm Acting Community Development Director Weiner addressed Council advising the item was a request for a Negative Declaration and approval of a Tentative Tract Map. He indicated the applicant is requesting a merger of eight existing parcels in order to facilitate the sale and financing the property for future development. Approval of this map would result in one 70 acre parcel. The Planning Commission approved this request unanimously. As was noted in the study session there are no development approvals for this area of town as of yet. This is simply a financing mechanism for the applicant to do some things with the bank. There being no one wishing to speak to this issue, Mayor Magee closed the public hearing at 7:19 pm. Councilman Buckley moved to approve the recommendation of staff; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Melendez. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. 5 City Attorney Leibold clarified for the record that there are two separate resolutions that were approved by a single motion. APPEAL(S) (11) Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Consider the appeal and either uphold the Planning Commission's decision to deny the Public Convenience and Necessity request; or 2) Overturn the Planning Commission's decision and approve the Public Convenience and Necessity request. Acting Community Development Director Weiner advised Council that this item returns after being continued off-calendar on October 28~ 2008. On October 7, 2008, the Planning Commission voted 3-1 that a finding of public convenience and necessity could not be made for this request to sell alcohol from a yet to be opened convenient store in the Viscaya Shopping Center. Since the last City Council meeting the property owner conducted outreach to the adjacent homeowners and the homeowners association group; correspondence from residents and adjacent businesses are attached to the staff report and the applicant is present if Council has any questions. Councilman Buckley stated that for sometime all of Council has been getting emails, comments and letters from neighbors who were opposed to the sale of alcohol. He stated that the applicant did outreach and now Council was receiving emails and letters stating people are in favor of the proposal. Councilman Buckley indicated he would like to receive copies of the letters from the police stations in the other cities. Tom O'Meara, representative of the landlord of the property addressed Council indicating that in October they received letters from the Alcohol Beverage Control for the tenants' existing licenses showing there is no incidence and no disciplinary history found on any of the Tenants. He indicated he had a copy of the letter that was emailed to him, if Council wished to see it. Councilman Buckley confirmed there was no one from the neighborhood present at the meeting. Councilwoman Bhutta stated that the residents were initially opposed to this establishment because they were told it would be a liquor store and now they seem to be in support of it since it will be a convenience store. Although Council was advised of this she walked the neighborhood over the weekend and knocked on doors to determine if that is in fact how the majority of the residents felt. She is happy to report that is exactly how they felt. She said she was fortunate enough to speak to one of the board members and members of his family and they are all okay with it. 6 Dave Mudgett, the developer and owner with Corman Leigh of the Center thanked the Mayor for suggesting they do an outreach program, which they did on multiple occasions both with commercial users and residents. Mr. Mudgett learned there had been a misunderstanding and they made themselves available to every homeowner and answered every question that came about. He thanked Council for both the suggestion and the prompt stating he believed they are now in a position where everyone feels comfortable that it is a respectable and experienced operator. Mayor Magee thanked Mr. Mudgett for making the effort to reach out to the public noting that as he stated before that if the tenant wasn't going to be accepted in the neighborhood, he wasn't going to have any customers. Councilman Buckley moved to overturn the Planning Commission's decision and approve the Public Convenience and Necessity request; seconded by Councilwoman Bhutta. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. BUSINESS ITEM(S) (12) Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2008-112 the attached resolution for the pre-tax deduction plan for service credit purchases. City Manager Brady advised Council that this item was a process to allow employees that participate in the CaIPERS system the opportunity under the CaIPERS retirement system to buy back time for military service time or additional time, if the employee chooses. Currently an employee can buy time but it is with after-tax dollars. This would allow employees to purchase time and not have to pay taxes on that portion. There is no cost to the City even in terms of administration. It becomes a payroll deduction process. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez moved to adopt Resolution No. 2008-112 for the pre-tax deduction plan for service credit purchases; seconded by Councilwoman Bhutta. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. (13) 2008/09 Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (SLESF) Grant Recommendation: Approve the expenditure plan and the allocation of funds from the SLESF Grant. 7 City Manager Brady advised this is a grant which has been applied for in the past. It is i ~ for $100,000 that is funded by the State of California and administered by the County of Riverside. He added that $50,000 of the grant can be used toward salaries and benefits of the officers on the street and the remaining $50,000 can be used for equipment which can vary with traffic enforcement, law enforcement on the lake, and a number of other things that can be used to combat any criminal activity. He felt it is a definite benefit for the City to have these funds. He recommended the City Council approve the expenditure and the adoption of the funds. Mayor Pro tem Melendez moved to approve; second by Councilwoman Bhutta. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. (14) Recommendation: Authorize approval of the Interim Agreement and execute the Agreement with the Ferguson Group, L.L.C.; reauthorize the annual legislative delegation Washington, D.C. meeting and related travel expenses at the not-to- exceed amount of $5,000.00; and authorize a budget adjustment for $21,000.00 from unallocated revenue. City Manager Brady advised that the city has had a wntract with the Ferguson Group for lobbying services over the past three years. That agreement did expire o October 31St and the Ferguson Group, in an effort to continue to assist the City, has offered to provide their services through June 2009 in an amount of $2,000 per month which is essentially one-third of the costs the City was previously paying, which is a significant savings. There are a number of items that the City has had on the legislative agenda with regard to requests for funding and the City does have a current request in the amount of $100,000 that could be used toward our Emergency Operations Center at the Sheriffs Station. This would also allow the City to extend the services to help with the next agenda with regards to securing additional funding for local projects in the City of Lake Elsinore. Staffs recommendation is to move forward with approval of the agreement and as part of this send a contingency consisting of the Mayor, Chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, and the City Manager to Washington DC to meet with the elected officials. He advised it is a very quick trip; however, it is important to meet with the elected officials and place the City's name and projects before them. A package of items is put together in a formatted booklet which is presented in Washington DC. He indicated there is $21,000 from unallocated revenue set aside to cover the costs of this trip. He pointed out there is currently $3,000 in the budget for travel so essentially staff is requesting $18,000. Councilman Buckley moved to approve; second by Mayor Pro Tem Melendez. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro 8 Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. 15) Annual Financial Reports for the Fiscal Year Endino June 30. 2008 Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the reports. James Riley, the acting Administrative Services Director advised Council that what was being presented was the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which is presented every year. This is the annual audit prepared by the City's auditors and is prepared in agreement with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Government Accounting Standard Board and other accounting principles. He noted there was a lot of financial information included in the financial report. He indicated it was an unqualified audit which means they didn't have any problems with anything. He stated there were some comments in the Management Letter which they were already addressing. City Treasurer Baldwin stated that he would be sitting down with the City Manager and Mr. Riley this month and will be working on this as well as with the Council before the end of February. Councilwoman Bhutta moved to approve the Annual Financial Reports for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008; second by Mayor Pro Tem Melendez. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. (16) Citv Council Appointments to Various Oraanizations Recommendation: That the City Council confirm the appointment of delegates and alternates as contained in the Mayor's Recommended Council Appointments List Mayor Magee stated that one of the obligations of a council member was to serve as a designee of any number of different commissions and committees throughout the County and the City. Each year the City Council reappoints to a number of different boards. Bringing two new council members on board and losing two who had significant amount of institutional knowledge, this year's assignments required a significant amount of time. He thanked staff in the City Manager's office for working so diligently with him on this and he felt he was able to accommodate most everyone's wishes. An effort was made to match people's strengths with their desires and match them against their current time constraints, with that some minor modifications that were made at the 4:00 pm session. Councilwoman Bhutta moved to approve the City Council Appointments; seconded by Councilman Buckley, who mentioned that the Riverside County Habitat Conservancy Agency meets the first Monday of almost every month; the quarterly meetings noted on 9 the Appointments list is not accurate. He stated that's why making the RCA and RCOG ~~ alternates to each other is helpful, the meetings are in the same place, back to back. Mayor Magee asked Mayor Pro tem Melendez if she would be able to accommodate that schedule. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez replied in the affirmative. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. (17) City Clerk Recruitment Recommendation: That the City Council appoint two of its members to serve on asub-committee to review the 32 applications for the City Clerk position, conduct the first interview process and select the candidates to be interviewed by the entire City Council. Mayor Magee indicated staff was directed to accumulate applications for the vacant City Clerk position. The action this evening was to appoint asub-committee of two council members to review the applications and select some finalists. The action this evening is to assign Mayor Pro Tem Melendez and Councilwoman Bhutta to that sub-committee. Councilman Buckley moved to approve the sub-committee; second by Mayor Pro Tem ~- Melendez. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. The City Manager advised that he had copies of the applications ready, of which there are 32; for each of the committee members. He mentioned the Mayor Pro Tem suggested and he thought it was a great idea to ask the Interim City Clerk to sit in on the interview process with Mayor Pro Tem Melendez and Councilwoman Bhutta. (18) Ordinance of the Citv Council of the Citv of Lake Elsinore. California, Renumberina Chanters 3. 5, 6. 16 and 17 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code Recommendation: That the City Council read by title only and waive further reading of Ordinance Renumbering Chapters 3, 5, 6, 16 and 17 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code. City Attorney Leibold advised Council that the City contracted with a code publishing company to review and rewrite the City's Municipal Code. That task has been completed and in so doing critical parts of the Municipal Code were re-numbered so that the current chapter references don't correspond to the new, reorganized Municipal Code. This ordinance will take care of that housekeeping task so that the Code has a new numbering system. She indicated with the Municipal Code going on line it is ~', important that there be an appropriate renumbering that matches an ordinance that 10 allows the updated Code to go into effect. Staff recommended approval of the ', ordinance and tonight will be the first reading. Councilman Buckley moved approval; seconded by Councilwoman Bhutta. The motion unanimously carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Magee, Mayor Pro Tem Melendez, Councilwoman Bhutta, and Councilman Buckley. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Hickman. The City Council recessed to the Redevelopment Agency at 7:40 pm. The City Council reconvened to the City Council at 7:45 pm. at which time Information/communications Manager Dennis completed his presentation on the City's new website by providing the Council with some of the features for individual departments. He introduced the City Council to the Municipal Code which was now on line and hosted by a third party. Mr. Dennis showed them how easy it is to research the City's Municipal Code by using a search word. Mr. Dennis provided Council with a demonstration of the new added function through a company called Granicus that live streams the City Council meetings via the internet while at the same time providing access to the agenda and linked agenda reports. The video streamed meetings, agendas and minutes are also archived so access to past meetings is available to the public. He demonstrated by showing a segment of the December 9, 2008 meeting. In response to a question posed by Councilman Buckley, Mr. Dennis advised the second meeting in January would be when the meetings would go live on the Internet. He also clarified that the web site would be up and running by January 5"' but the live streaming of the Council meetings would not be until the second meeting of January. He showed Council some very automated navigation tools that have been added for the convenience of the City and the public. He explained "e-subscribe" to Council where a member of the public can request receipt of agendas, press releases, public hearing notices, etc. automatically via a-mail. He explained the new search features of the calendar section that allows individuals to search by particular events for the upcoming year. He confirmed for Councilman Buckley that once the agendas were loaded and one clicked on a particular meeting, the agenda would be accessed. Mr. Dennis noted that under "News" storm advisories, or other types of emergencies can be posted for the public's information. He reviewed the links for services and departments providing an example of how easy it is to link to service request forms for various services. Councilman Buckley suggested a form for dust due to construction be added that automatically notified the AQMD. Mr. Dennis made a note to create a dust complaint to add as a link and advised that there are all types of tools that staff is still learning to use. He then demonstrated the Public Safety page to Council and illustrated the various links that could be accessed for information in emergencies and the various links to different agencies for information. Mr. Dennis showed Council the Emergency Flash Alert pop up that can also be initiated on the City's web page alerting individuals of a major traffic event and providing alternative routes. Mr. Dennis indicated he would have to validate whether the flash alerts can be subscribed to by individuals or how individuals can be 11 informed. He concluded his presentation and noted that staff is still putting together a lot of information. Mr. Dennis confirmed for Mayor Magee that there are links to Animal control and Animal friends of the valley advising the links are under "Services" with on-line work order forms. Mayor Magee asked if the pictures of the Martin Mars can be plugged in under Public Safety. Mr. Dennis confirmed they would be. Mr. Dennis confirmed for councilwoman Bhutta that a link on the home page for street closures and street repairs could be accessed under "Traffic Conditions" and it could also be noted on the calendar. Mayor Pro Tem Melendez complemented the website stating that it looks terrific and thanked staff for the hard work indicating this is far better than where the city was in terms of the web site. Councilmember Buckley indicated he did not see a Link to "Other Governments" page. Mr. Dennis explained where that link could be found under the "City Council" page, and how the links worked. City Attorney Leibold announced a point of order on Item No. 18, the Ordinance Renumbering of the Municipal code. She indicated that a Roll call vote was taken, ~; however; the motion was to adopt the ordinance by title only and waive further reading, ~ but Council failed to read the title. She asked that the matter be re-opened to allow the ~ city Clerk to read the title and announce the vote is confirmed. Thereafter, the city clerk read the title of the ordinance into the record and confirmed the vote. 'FAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, RENUMBERING CHAPTERS 3, 5, 6, 16 AND 17 OF THE LAKE ELSINORE MUNICIPAL CODE." PUBLIC COMMENTS -NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS There were no public comments. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS City Manager Brady commented/announced the following: • Recognized all of staff that worked on the website because as Mr. Dennis indicated each department has been responsible for putting that information together to create that website and a lot of the time that it has taken was to train staff as to how to do this so in the future each department will then be able to update and keep those pages up to date and in order. He thanked staff for their efforts. 12 ^ Monday, January 5, 2009 is the groundbreaking for the animal shelter at 10:00 am at Mission Trail. ^ Saturday, January 24"' is the 60`" Annual Installation for the Chamber of Commerce which will be held at the Diamond Club and is $100 per person. ^ City facilities will be closed on December 25`h and 26"' and also on January 1S` and 2"d. He wished everyone a very happy holiday, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS City Attorney Leibold wished everyone a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a safe and happy New Year stating she would see everyone in 1009. COMMITTEE REPORTS There were no committee reports. CITY TREASURER COMMENTS City Treasurer Baldwin wished everyone a happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayor Pro Tem Melendez wished everyone a Merry Christmas, happy New Year and asked everyone to remember our veterans serving overseas and those recovering in hospitals here. Council Member Buckley thanked the audience for coming out two days before Christmas. He reminded everyone about the ground breaking of the Animal shelter which has taken many years to get up and running on January 5`h at 10:00 am next to the Wildomar Chamber of Commerce building on Mission Trail across from the former Elks club. He wished everyone a happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, terrific Tet, kicken Kwanza, fantastic Festivus and a great New Year. Councilwoman Bhutta thanked everyone involved in the creation of the new website, she thought it was wonderful and all of staffs hard work shows. She reiterated happy holidays to everyone stating she would see everyone in 2009. Mayor Magee complemented Mr. Dennis and his staff on the website, stating it was well done and outstanding. He stated that this has been a tough year on so many levels and he felt it was important to take note and take stock of everything one has to be thankful for. He recommended turning to family members, friends and pets and gives them all a hug and a kiss and remembers what's truly important this holiday season. He wished everyone best wishes in 2009, happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad and happy Kwanza. 13 There being no further business to come before the City Council the meeting was adjourned at 8:12 pm. ,~ ~ r ROBERT MAGEE, ~} OR CITY OF LAKE ELS1P ORE ATTEST/: ------- l-=~'~ CAROL COWLEY, TERIM ITY CLERK CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE !~ !i 14