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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-2007 PFA MINUTES JOINT CITY COUNCILIREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/ PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY STUDY SESSION CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2007 ******************************************************************** CALL TO ORDER Mayor Magee called the Joint Study Session to order at 4:05 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: KELLEY, SCHIFFNER, MAGEE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY, HICKMAN (Councilmember Hickman arrived at 4:08 p.m.) Also present were: City Manager Brady, City Attorney Leibold, Administrative Services Director Pressey, Community Development Director Preisendanz, Lake & Aquatic Resource Director Kilroy, Community Services Director Sapp, Information/Communications Manager Dennis, City Engineer Seumalo, Building & Safety Manager Chipman, City Treasurer Weber and City Clerk Ray. DISCUSSION ITEMS Mayor Magee gave an overview of the presentations and confirmed that the awardees would be present at the 7:00 p.m. meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. Agenda Item No. Page 1 of 10 PAGE 2 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Minutes. No comments. 2. Warrant List - December 15,2006. No comments. 3. Warrant List - December 29,2006. No comments. 4. Purchase of Two Pickup Trucks. Mayor Magee noted that it was nice to be able to purchase the trucks in the City. 5. Final Map No. 31920-2 - John Laing Homes. No comments. 6. Final Map No. 31920-3 - John Laing Homes. No comments. 7. Final Map No. 31920-4 - John Laing Homes. No comments. 8. Final Map No. 31920-5 - John Laing Homes. No comments. 9. Final Map No. 31920-6 - John Laing Homes. No comments. Agenda Item No. Page 2 of 10 PAGE 3 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 10. City Council Committee Appointments. Mayor Magee commented on a memo he had circulated to the Council regarding committee appointments. He noted that he did not hear any feedback from the Councilmembers in regard to changing their committee appointments. He suggested changing the liaison to the Lake Elsinore Animal Friends of the Valley. He recommended that Councilmember Buckley become the primary liaison and that he become the secondary. 11. Draft request for Proposals for Lake Elsinore Codification Services, Design, Development and Hosting online and a complete Legal Review of the Code. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman inquired on the timeline for the project. City Clerk Ray indicated that the item was a request for proposal and would be brought back to Council around mid-May. 12. Update to LAIF Resolution. No comments. 13. Commercial Lease Agreement for City Hall expansion. No comments. 14. Resolution initiating proceedings and approving the Engineer's Report for the Annexation of certain territory known as Assessor Parcel Numbers 347-120- 034 and 377-373-011 into the City of Lake Elsinore Landscape and Street Lighting District No.1, as LLMD Annexation No. 15 (Ridgestone Apartments), declaring the City's intention to order the annexation and to levy and collect assessments, determining that these proceedings shall be taken pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 and the right to Vote on Taxes Act, and offering a time and place for hearing objections thereto. No comments. Agenda Item No. Page 3 of 10 PAGE 4 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 15. Receive and file the Annual Special Tax Levy Reports for the City's Community Facilities Districts for FY 2006-07. No comments. 16. Refurbish "Antique" Street Lights located along Lakeshore Drive between Chaney and Manning Streets. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman inquired if the item only included the 17 lights along Lakeshore Drive. City Engineer Seumalo confirmed. He noted that the project was behind and staff was moving it forward as quickly as possible. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman inquired if the City owned the mold. City Engineer Seumalo confirmed. Councilmember Schiffner inquired if the project would have underground wIrmg. City Engineer Seumalo confirmed. Councilmember Kelley commented on some poles Pete Dawson was willing to donate. She inquired if they had been picked up. City Engineer Seumalo indicated that he would need to confirm whether or not the poles had been picked up. 17. Change Order No.2 for the Interim Improvements Located at I-15/Railroad Canyon Road Interchange. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman commented on the delay in the project when it first began. City Engineer Seumalo indicated that he had originally held up the project. Mayor Magee noted that he was not in favor of Change Orders. He noted that the improvements needed to be done in a timely manner. Agenda Item No. Page 4 of 10 PAGE 5 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 18. Authorization for City Manager to enter into a contract with Project Design Consultants to prepare CEQA Compliance Documents for Tentative Tract Map No. 32537 and associated cases. Mayor Pro Tem Hickman inquired if the Planning Department dictated who developers could use for CEQA documents. Community Development Director Preisendanz explained the process. He noted that the developer was allowed to choose a consultant with the City's direction. Community Development Director Preisendanz noted that staff did not impose upon the developer which consultant to use. City Manager Brady noted that the City was the lead agency when it came to these kinds of items. He noted that the City has a list of qualified consultants. He noted that the intent of the list was to have qualified consultants for the applicant to choose from. Mayor Magee commented on the "Scope of Work". He noted that the acreage was listed but the proposed development type was not listed. He inquired on what would be studied. Community Development Director Preisendanz noted that the Tentative Tract Map that was within the Vicinity Map on page 3 of 14 would be studied. Mayor Magee commented on the lack of detail in the staff report. He noted that he had heard mention that the single-family unit lot sizes that were being proposed were under 5,000 square feet. He noted that he was not sure he would be able to support that lot size next to the larger lots and ranch-style homes that were in that area. He noted that he was not in favor of the lots being anything less than 7,200 square feet. Community Development Director Preisendanz noted that he would provide Council with information on the lot sizes as soon as he was made aware of it. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None. Agenda Item No. Page 5 of 10 PAGE 6 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 BUSINESS ITEMS 31. Cruise Night Reconsideration. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman commented on the number of times the matter has come before Council. Councilmember Kelley inquired on facts and figures on how the event affected the Downtown Merchants. Ruth Atkins noted that information on those items would be provided by Chamber of Commerce President Kim Cousins and Downtown Merchants President Rick Carpenter at the 7 p.m. meeting. 32. Planning Commission Compensation. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman inquired on the Commissioners receiving health benefits. Mayor Magee noted the importance of the Planning Commission. He commented that he was in favor of increasing their compensation. He noted that he supported the Commission receiving health benefits. 33. 33rd Year CDBG Allocation. Ron Hewison, H.O.P.E., thanked staff for recommending an increase this year. He noted that he did not have any comments on the dollar amount. He commented on their achievements for the 2006 calendar year. He noted that Cruise Night generates funds for H.O.P.E. -'. Angela Fox, Boys & Girls Club of Southwest County, commented that the Alberhill Ranch Clubhouse was officially open. She thanked Council for all of their support. She noted that they enrolled 254 families. She noted that there is a definite need for financial assistance for the families to engage in things like camp season and transportation. She noted that the grant would allow the Alberhill Ranch Clubhouse to assist families who are in need extra assistance financially. She noted that typically 20% of enrollees need financial assistance. She noted that they were anticipating a minimum of 20% for the Alberhill Ranch Clubhouse. Agenda Item No. Page 6 of 10 PAGE 7 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 Andy Smith, Starting Line Organization, commented that he was a part of a non-profit organization that provided transitional housing programs for emancipated youths. He noted that they were a county-wide program. He noted that for the City of Lake Elsinore, there were approximately 15 youths in the program. He noted that of those 15 youths, 7 of them would be homeless within 12 months. He noted that they applied to the County of Riverside for a large grant to provide housing. He noted that they were currently working out of 3 homes providing beds and supportive services to 12 individuals. He noted that the grant would allow for them to provide services to 36 individuals. He noted that they would also be able to graduate 144 individuals in a 12-month period from their program. He noted that they had zero reoccurring clients in their program. He noted that they operated at 98% success rate. Barbara Hall, Mentoring Today for Tomorrow, noted that she was the Community Outreach Director for her organization. She commented that they were a non-profit agency providing services to children in Lake Elsinore. She noted that they were dedicated to pursuing the excellence in the City's youth. She noted that they hold their sessions on school sites. She noted that 98% of mentored youth avoid gang activity. She commented that it cost $400 a year to mentor a child. Councilmember Schiffner commented on the dollar amount. Community Services Director Sapp confirmed that $30,000 was available for Public Service Programs. He commented that Operation School Bell did not submit an application. He commented on changes made by HUD. Councilmember Schiffner commented that they were all good organizations. He noted that he was satisfied with staff s recommendation for the distribution. Mayor Pro Tern Hickman commented that he agreed with Councilmember Schiffner. He noted that he wanted to make sure that the senior citizens got $10 thousand out of the general fund. Community Services Director Sapp noted that there was no funding recommendation for the Senior Center. He noted that last year's allocation was $8 thousand. He noted that it could be picked up as part of the budget for 2006/2007. Agenda Item No. Page 7 of 10 PAGE 8 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 Councilmember Kelley inquired on the Alternatives to Domestic Violence. Community Services Director Sapp commented that they would be getting funds from the county and other cities that support them. He noted that their aggregate amount was well over $10 thousand. Councilmember Kelley commented that she would like to see $15 thousand go to H.O.P.E. and $15 thousand go to the Boys & Girls Club. Dwaynna Barrin, Alternatives to Domestic Violence, commented that they service the City. She noted that they had received 8,000 calls on their crisis line over the last year. She noted that out of those calls, 200 of them were a request for shelter. She commented that they did not have enough staff to accommodate the amount of people to be serviced. She noted that the funding would help pay for staff members so victims would not be turned away. She noted that they served 200 children and 125 women from Lake Elsinore. She indicated that they were in need of the funding. She noted that their shelter was located in Sun City. Councilmember Schiffner indicated that he had compassion for all of the programs and organizations, but he was satisfied with staff s recommendation. Mayor Magee commented that it was a difficult decision to allocate funds. 34. Travel request and pre authorization for City Delegation to attend Washington, D.C. Appropriations Meetings arranged by the Ferguson Group (Washington, D.C. Lobbying Services). Mayor Magee suggested following the same protocol as last year; providing for the Mayor and RDA Chairman to attend the meetings along with the City Manager. He commented on the possibility of sharing the costs with Vector Control and the Riverside County Transportation Commission. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Minutes. Agenda Item No. Page 8 of 10 PAGE 9 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9,2007 No comments. 2. Warrant List - December 15,2006. No comments. 3. Warrant List - December 29,2006. No comments. 4. Update to LAIF Resolution. No comments. BUSINESS ITEMS None. PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Minutes. No comments. 2. Update to LAIF Resolution. No comments. ADJOURNMENT THE JOINT CITY COUNCILIREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY STUDY SESSION WAS ADJOURNED AT 4:51 P.M. Agenda Item No. Page 9 of 10 PAGE 10 STUDY SESSION MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 2007 7/; ;:/> 0/A ~ ROBERTIw.~GE~' OR CITY OF LAKE ELSIN ~C~:~N REDEVE ENTAGENCY \I!#ZA 7 ROBERT SCHIFFNER, H IRMAN PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY Respectfully submitted, ,. : .~ilil'(iiJ nlfl' '! ~f1\ .. .. ..U~. l \.- U , / . NltCHELLE SOTO, DEPUTY CITY CLERK ~TI:1~:~~~ Agenda Item No. Page 10 of 10 MINUTES PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY MEETING CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, JANUARY 9,2007 .5:00 P.M. **************************************************************************************************** CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Public Finance Authority was called to order by Chairman Schiffner at 8:17 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: CHAIRMAN SCHIFFNER VICE CHAIRMAN BUCKLEY MEMBER HICKMAN MEMBER KELLEY MEMBER MAGEE ABSENT: NONE Also present were: Executive Director Brady, Legal Counsel Leibold, Administrative Services Director Pressey, Lake & Aquatic Resources Director Kilroy, Community Development Director Preisendanz, Community Services Director Sapp, Chief of Police Fetherolf, Fire Chief Gallegos, City Treasurer Weber and Clerk of the Board Ray. PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON.AGENDIZED ITEMS - 1 MINUTE No comments. PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES No comments. CONSENT CALENDAR MOVED BY VICE CHAIRMAN BUCKLEY, SECONDED BY MEMBER HICKMAN AND CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. 1. The following minutes were approved: a. Public Finance Authority Meeting - March 14,2006. b. Public Finance Authority Meeting - December 12, 2006. 2. Adopted Resolution No. 2007-01 naming Mr. James R. Riley as an additional authorized signer for all Local Agency Investment Accounts held at the State of California. BUSINESS ITEMS None. PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES No comments. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMENTS No comments. LEGAL COUNSEL COMMENTS No comments. AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS No comments. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Schiffner adjourned the Public Finance Authority Meeting at 8:18 p.m. ~~~ ROBERT SCHIFFN , AIRMAN PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY ATTEST: ,,(~d~ (g i sl MICHELLE SOTO DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD 2