MINUTES
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 26,
2008 - 6:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Highland was called to order at 6:04 p.m. by Mayor Lilburn at the Donahue
Council Chambers, 27215 Base Line, Highland, California.
The invocation was given by Reverend Mark Rush of Immanuel Baptist Church
and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman McCallon.
ROLL CALL
Present: Jones,
McCallon, Scott, Timmer, Mayor Lilburn
Absent: None
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Lilburn
presented Tom Neely with a Proclamation proclaiming City Council’s
congratulations on his promotion to Captain and for his dedicated work to the
City of Highland.
COMMUNITY INPUT
Ms. Ursula Walsh stated she is present this evening to recognize staff
for their efforts. Dennis Barton, Vince
Moreno, Melissa Morgan and Mayor Lilburn are to be credited for making the
Highland Run 2008 event a success.
Mr. Jack Jennings stated he resides on Royce Lane and his issue started
in December of 2007. The family who
resides across the street from him has parked an unregistered motorhome in
front of their home. Another family has
continuously used garbage bags instead of cans for removal of trash. Mr. Jaquess should be recognized for his
efforts in the city.
Ms. Pat Coffee stated she is going to recite a letter in which Council
also has copies of. Frustration has
stemmed from school district eminent domain threat to current zoning issues. However, the ongoing concern is the lack of
information available to Council Members regarding the challenges posed to the
Coffee Family. She is the trustee of
8.3 acres which is rapidly declining from lack of use. Another concern is the commercial portion of
the land was not addressed in the General Plan update, only residential use was
considered.
CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONSENT CALENDAR
A MOTION was made by Councilman
Timmer, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Jones, to approve the consent calendar as
submitted. Motion carried on a roll
call vote, 5-0, with Councilwoman Scott abstaining from Item #2.
1. Waive
the Reading of All Ordinances
Waived the
reading of all Ordinances in their entirety and read by title only.
2. Minutes
- January 22, 2008 City Council Regular Meeting
Approved Minutes
as submitted.
3. Claim
Consideration - Eric Vinson
Rejected claim.
4. Warrant
Register
Approved Warrant
Register No. 457 for February 26, 2008, in the amount of $1,946,929.63 and
Payroll of $68,981.28.
5. Treasurer’s
Report for January 2008
Received and
filed Treasurer’s Report for January 2008.
6. Award
of Bid Number 2007-20 “Themed Puppet Performance and Memory Game Unit” for the
Highland Sam Racadio Library and Environmental Learning Center to Universal
Exhibits
Awarded Bid
Number 2007-20 “Themed Puppet Performance and Memory Game Unit” for the
Highland Sam Racadio Library and Environmental Learning Center to Universal
Exhibits.
7. Easement
Acceptance/9th Street - East Valley Water District
1. Accepted the
Grant of Easement for Road and Drainage purposes from East Valley Water
District; and
2. Directed the
City Clerk to record the Grant of Easement.
8. Easement
Acceptance/Hillview Street Sidewalk Project
1. Accepted the
Grants of Easement for Road and Drainage purposes from B. Dunn, Jose
Plascencia, Jose Cervacio, Faustino Villegas and Silvia Solano; and
2. Directed the
City Clerk to record the Grants of Easement.
9. Easement
Acceptance/Bruce Street Sidewalk Project
1. Accepted the
Grant of Easement for Road and Drainage purposes from Efren Ochoa; and
2. Directed the
City Clerk to record the Grants of Easement.
10. Amendment to Engineering Contract
with Engineering Resources of Southern California
Approved Addendum
No. 8 with Engineering Resources of Southern California to reflect a change in
the fee schedule.
11. 2008
Highland Community Trails Day Event
Approved
Saturday, April 19, 2008, (with a rain date of April 26, 2008) as the date for
the Fourteenth Annual Highland Community Trails Day Event and the use of the
East Highlands Ranch Master Homeowners Association’s “Spring Lake” as the
staging area for the event.
12. Preparation
of Annual Engineer’s Reports for 2008/2009 Assessments
1. Adopted
Resolution No. 2008-003 order the preparation of an Engineer’s Report for
Consolidated Landscape and Lighting District No. 96-1; and
2. Adopted
Resolution No. 2008-004 ordering the preparation of an Engineer’s Report for
Street and Drainage Maintenance District 96-1.
13. Resolution
No. 2008-005, a Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of Grant Applications to
the California Integrated Waste Management Board
Adopted Resolution No. 2008-005 authorizing the submittal of applicable Grant Applications to the California Integrated Waste Management Board that the City is eligible for and authorize the City Manager or his/her designee to execute Grant Documents on its behalf.
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-005
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HIGHLAND
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS TO
THE CALIFORNIA
INTERGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
14. Public
Hearing on the Allocation of the City of Highland’s Community Development Block
Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Mayor Lilburn
stated she would be able to participate in the city portion of this item but
not the public services portion as she would have an conflict of interest
because she is the Executive Director of the Highland Senior Center and is
applying for funds.
A MOTION
was made by Councilman McCallon, seconded by Councilman Timmer, to separate the
items from the Community Development Block Grant projects to City projects and
public services projects. Motion carried, 5-0.
Mayor Lilburn
opened the public hearing.
Economic Development
Specialist Stater stated the city’s allocation for the next fiscal year for the
County of San Bernardino is going to be $425,294. It is a slight decrease from last year. Really what that means, as the Council is
well aware of, is the maximum amount that can be allocated towards public
service is 15%. Not to say you have to
use that 15% for public service but should you use the maximum, it will be
$63,794 which will leave the remaining amount for construction which is
$361,500. The city received nineteen
applications, 16 were for public service and the other 3 were for
construction. All three were city
projects. The city’s projects are
listed on page two of the staff report.
Code Enforcement continuation of funding for a Code Compliance Officer
and part time clerk, neighborhood revitalization for the Economic Development
position and street improvements for the streets of Fisher, Elm, Bryon,
Newberry, Jane and Millar. Included in
the staff report are a few tables which could be of use. On page 23 and 24 are the last 11 years of
CDBG allocations showing what the Council has allocated to which projects and
then also on page 26 and 27 are tables which show all of the eligible funding
projects for this fiscal year and they are broken into construction projects on
page 26 and public service on page 27.
Mayor Lilburn
closed the public hearing and opened the floor for Council discussion.
Councilman Timmer
stated these are projects we have been funding for a long time and are
important to the city. He would
recommend Council continue funding for three projects. For the record we should give the
numbers. 34024 which is the revitalization
for $25,000, we fund that at the full amount and the 34025 code enforcement
inspection for the target areas be funded at the full amount of $84,933 and the
street improvements, obviously we don’t have enough funding to do the full
amount so the balance would be 34023 in the amount of $251,514 which gives a
total of $361,500.00. This would be his
motion.
Councilwoman
Scott stated on the revitalization and the improvements, would they have to go
under the non-public service.
Economic
Development Specialist Stater stated that is how they are categorized by HUD.
Councilman
McCallon stated for clarification, if you assume that we are going to do the
15% of the $63,000 for a round number, subtracting that from the $425,294,
leaves $358,974.
Councilman Timmer
stated he was going with staff’s numbers on page 26. It talks about funding.
It states available funding for construction project $361,500.
Mayor Lilburn
inquired if there is a typo in the numbers.
Economic
Development Specialist Stater stated she will confirm right now. She is showing 15% of the $425,294 is
$63,794 for public service.
Councilman
McCallon stated he just took $63,000 and subtracted the $358,794.
Economic
Development Specialist Stater stated the total allocation is $425,294.
A MOTION
was made by Councilman Timmer, seconded by Councilwoman Scott, to allocate the
City of Highland’s Community Development Block Grant funds in the following
manner, item #34024 Neighborhood Revitalization Program in the amount of
$25,053, item #34025 Code Enforcement in Target Areas in the amount of $84,933
and item #34023 Street Improvements on Fisher, Elm, Bryon, Newberry, Jane and
Millar streets in the amount of $251,514, for a grand total of $361,500.00.
Motion carried, 5-0.
Mayor Lilburn
left the dais due to a conflict of interest.
Mayor Pro Tem
Jones opened the public hearing.
Mr. Marty
Steinbrecher stated he is the President of the Highland Senior Center. As Board President he wanted to take this
opportunity to update the Council and staff on the center’s current and ongoing
activities. Historically, the City
Council has continued to financially support the center with CDBG funds. As you know, the Highland Senior Center
receives no funding through the city’s general budget, therefore, making these
funds extremely vital to the center.
With that being said the center continues to be recognized as the largest
most active senior center around. This
is due to the many quality of life programs the center continues to offer. Said programs include quality of life
programs, physical fitness and social.
As you know, this year we were able to add a senior water aerobics
program. This has been really popular
with some days up to 30 participants in the pool. Daily exercise classes including yoga, aerobics, tai chi and many
others. We also have transportation
assistance where we provide transportation for seniors to doctor appointments,
pharmacies, hair appointments, grocery shopping and other vital
appointments. Also, a senior
nutritional daily lunch program and senior university classes which are filled. During this past year, the center has over
87,000 senior participants in as many activities between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. Those numbers do not
include all the nightly activities and service groups that use the facility on
a regular basis. Each Council Member is
mailed our monthly newsletter and hope they take the opportunity to read about
what’s going on with our wonderful programs and activities we have to
offer. Although there are newer senior
centers in the surrounding communities, our center remains to be the most
active and largest participating senior center in the Inland Empire and the
only senior center who offers transportation assistance, visitors program and
phone pal program. Again, he would like
to thank Council for their continued support of the senior center and ask to
please continue the much needed funds requested.
Ms. Linda Brian
stated she attends the Highland Senior Center on a regular basis. Her husband has passed away and because of
the Highland Senior Center and their support it has helped a great deal. Her son is grateful for the senior center as
he knows she is being taken care of and that she has a place to go. Without the Center, people like her wouldn’t
have a place to go and she appreciates it.
Ms. Karen
Kieckhafer stated she is the Literary Specialist at the San Bernardino County
Highland Branch Library. The Highland
Branch Library provides free literacy services to those in need including one
on one tutoring. The mission of the Highland
library literacy program is to provide free individualized literacy services
and materials to our patrons, community members and their families in a non-
threatening confidential center environment.
Our literacy programs trains our volunteers to work with the adult
learners, we assess the adult learners that are seeking help and we devise a
plan to help them meet their goals. We
then match the learner with a tutor and the tutor and learner then meet once a
week, usually for about an hour to work on the learners goals. We provide on-going support for our tutors
and learners and we continue to educate our tutors’ to help their
students. The various literacy
materials that we have available at the library includes reading, writing, math
and spelling workbooks that are especially geared for adults. We do not use children materials. We use materials that are geared for
adults. We also have English language
improvement material, US Citizenship, GED and career materials. Recent statistics estimate that there are
over 10 million adults in California who cannot read or write. For San Bernardino County, it is estimated
that there are 325,000 adults. Again,
that’s not children, it is adults that cannot read or write. The estimate shows that nearly half those
adults with the low literacy skills live in poverty. So, this program at the library has successfully enriched those
lives of those that participate in it while helping them become self sufficient
and active participants in their community.
Because of the literacy program learners have been able to get new jobs
with higher pay by using the literacy skills acquired from the free
tutoring. In just the past year alone,
we have been able to help 16 adults and currently have 8 adults on our waiting
list so we already met our goals for this fiscal year. Once we move to the new building, she is
expecting those numbers to greatly increase since we will have a literacy
office and a dedicated literacy lab with computers and also study rooms. This will greatly enhance the tutoring
experience. This year marks our 23rd year in providing literacy
services thanks in part to the continued support from the City of
Highland. This program has been
providing and will continue to provide a viable community service to the City
of Highland. Our program is making a
difference in the lives of our community members and we hope to continue to
make an impact in the years to come.
Ms. Michelle
Williamson stated she is President of the new season for Central Little
League. Central Little League is
starting its 4th season at the new field. With the CDBG fund that we have received the last few years, it
has brought many new children to our league that otherwise would not have been
able to play because of the lower income that we are in. Central Little League is based on the corner
of Central and Hibiscus which, of course, through Little League boundaries, we
do have the lower income children in our area which we would never turn them
away due to funds. However, with the
fee waiver, with the CDBG fund she is glad to say we have a lot of children
playing. Parents sometimes just won’t
come because they don’t think they can afford it. We do advertise it and this year she thinks they did a better job
of advertising it. The children are
very, very grateful for our funds that we are able to do for the registration. Again, she wants to thank Council for
considering us and honoring them for the last four seasons here. Central Little League has been here since
1953 and it means a lot to her. She
takes pride in Central Little League as Ms. Lilburn does in her Senior
Center. She does appreciate it because
she loves seeing those little kids out there playing ball. If they’re not on our fields, they are
somewhere else and, if for three months of the season we can keep them out of
trouble, it is worth it to her.
Ms. Ursula Walsh
stated she is here to tell the Council about what the YMCA has been doing. Although we have been receiving CDBG funds
for quite a few years, in the past year we have made a lot of changes. As you know, our full facility opened up
which has allowed some new collaborations with the Highland Senior Center and
with Central Little League. She thinks
that’s where their focus and purpose is starting to grow to. They definitely see themselves as a
community resource but she thinks this is the first year they have been able to
get out and start seeing what the community needs. This fall they presented a Halloween at the YMCA where they had
community members come in. We had over
500 kids and families show up so that was a good thing and a bad thing. We had a good time but we were a little
nervous. We also collaborated with
different local community service agents like the Kiwanis with the Breakfast
with Santa or local kids at the school as well as Patton State Hospital with
low income children coming in for breakfast with Santa and, of course,
motorcycles and all kinds of fun and exciting things. Our next big event is
going to be happening in March with the kickoff of Central Little League and
their events will be doing an Easter Egg Hunt for the community. Certainly we are providing swim lessons and
youth sport activities from preschool all the way through seniors as well. She is really seeing them moving into a
direction to get involved more with the community. Certainly get the marketing out there and let people know that we
really are there and we are a resource but also a big plan for us. Most importantly we are putting a big
emphasis on our teen involvement. We do
have a lot of teens that try to come into the YMCA but haven’t joined the YMCA
so, were putting a big emphasis on putting in a teen center this spring and
that’s going to be probably one of our main advocates for what we’re going to
be doing. We think the middle school
aged through High School is a huge need especially the middle school. With having the teen center and some
homework and some leadership opportunities as well as the other activities
programs, it’s going to really make a big influence on that particular area as
well as our community.
Ms. Paula Rae
Espinoza stated she is a Board Member with San Bernardino Housing Neighborhood
Housing Services and the proposal they have before you tonight is for the
provision of foreclosure prevention counseling. As we all know foreclosure, the country is in a foreclosure crisis
and we were asked by HUD to become a housing certified foreclosure center. So, we sent our staff and some Board Members
to get this training and now we are serving San Bernardino County with
foreclosure counseling. In terms of the
City of Highland, we currently have 13 families from the City of Highland that
are in our foreclosure counseling as of today. We have enjoyed working with Kim
Stater and with the City of Highland through our first time homebuyer
program. In 2007, in terms of the City
of Highland, Neighborhood Housing Services educated 52 families, in which 6
became first time homebuyers. If we are
allocated any CDBG funds, it will be used strictly for operating costs because
we have to buy books and pamphlets.
With our first time homebuyer program, we are going to incorporate
foreclosure counseling. All of our
families that we’ve worked with, when we ask them when they bought their home,
did they ever have any type of homebuyer education and none of them have. We feel had the families had some homebuyer
education, they could have been taught and they would have learned how to avoid
going into foreclosure, if you get behind in a payment or how to call your
lender. As a result of the foreclosure
crisis, we are going to create a foreclosure class in addition to the homebuyer
education. We have direct line with
many of the various financial institutions through the Hope Line that the
government has established and we have direct lines to work with their loss
mitigation departments. A lot of families,
when they call their lenders they get customer service. Well, customer service is different from
working with loss mitigation or home preservation divisions of the companies. We have direct line with these financial
institutions and we are working with all the families to help either freeze
their interest rate or do a loan modification.
Sometimes, it’s just too late to help the family and save their home so
we have to do short sales or deed in lieu’s.
Ms. Joset Mason
stated she is the Museum Director of A Special Place Children’s Museum. We are located in the city of San Bernardino
probably about four miles from City Hall.
We are really close neighbors to Highland. We are right there at Perris Hill Park and we’ve been there for
22 years. The founder of the museum,
Terry Fields had a mission and her mission was to dispel the myth between abled
and disabled children. The Children’s
Museum was set up for children that had special needs and able children to have
a place to come and play together. The
CDBG funds that we are requesting are for a wheel chair obstacle course that we
are putting together inside of the museum.
We have 1,000 square foot enclosed patio space and we would like to put
together a wheel chair obstacle course making it an interactive maze for
children. Whether they are in a wheel
chair or not, we want all children to learn tolerance for those who have
differing abilities. What we are
looking to do with these funds is use it for the illiteracy program that we are
having that is going to be in the maze.
So, what we want to do is use these funds to provide books and
materials, arts and crafts, music, so these children can enjoy this portion of
the museum. They will learn about
tolerance, learn about disabilities and learn about education. We have a lot of City of Highland
visitors. The reason being is because a
lot of parents who live here are looking for activities for their children and
we are there. We’ve been there for 22
years. She has taken over as director
for the past three years. We produce a
children’s television show now and it’s called “It’s Poppin.” It’s on the local public access channel in
San Bernardino. We are starting a child
care center and we are breathing new life into our children’s museum. We would like to use these funds because we
have a lot of residents that come here from Highland. A lot of people think we are in Highland because we are on
Highland Avenue and we are so close to you all.
Ms. Gwen Hill
stated she has a transitional living facility for women who are depressed,
homeless, struggling with separation anxiety from their children and she works
for Department of Behavior Health. She
is asking for assistance to run Hill Country.
Right now she has exactly one person with a couple more in line but she
has to complete a background check. It
is basically a facility for depressed women or women who have mental issues. A
lot of women are from the Highland/Redlands area as well as San Bernardino. This is a place where the women can be nurtured
and bring them back to their normal state.
They offer case management, mental health services, medication services
and they are going to network with DBH Housing, the Homeless Department and
Community Services because she has access to these programs. She sees these women everyday and feels for
them. She wants to reach out and help
these people. The way the program works
is for one year, on a rotating basis.
After one year, the women are returned to society with a place to
stay. They will make sure the women are
self-sufficient and can provide with themselves and will have jobs.
Mr. Bernardino
Castaneda stated he is reading a lot of stories in the media about the Council
Members. If the community doesn’t have
the time to attend the meetings, then they shouldn’t gripe about the City
Council and staff. He is also
congratulating Councilwoman Scott for receiving Citizen of the Year and Mayor
Lilburn for being elected Mayor. He is
greatly involved in the Central Little League and volunteers a great deal of
his time.
Councilman
McCallon stated we always have more requests than we have money and this year
the amount of money we have has been reduced.
He would propose to fund at the same level and to the same organizations
we did last year. He would propose to
fund the San Bernardino County Library at $10,000, the Highland District
Council on Aging, which has three, one in the amount of $10,000, on for $8,000
and one for $5,000, the Family YMCA for $20,794 and the Central Little League
in the amount of $10,000. He believes
that adds up to $63,794.00.
Councilwoman
Scott stated she proposes $10,000 for the Central Little League, $12,000 for
the Library, $10,000 for the Senior Visitation Program, $8,000 for the Senior
Transportation, $5,000 for Senior Enrichment and the $5,000 for the Senior
Nutrition which was not one of ours.
That was San Bernardino. It was
from the County offices and would be strictly designated for Highland. That would leave $13,794 for the YMCA, which
is short of what they requested, but we are paying the lease on all the
equipment. We are really putting a lot
of money into the YMCA. This totals
$63,794.00
Councilman
McCallon stated his figures are different from Councilwoman Scott’s only for
the amounts to the YMCA. He feels
Council should fund them the same as last year. He doesn’t see any reason to do it any other way.
Councilman Timmer
stated he is pretty close to Councilman McCallon’s figures. His feelings are with funds dwindling it’s
hard for him to justify a new program that we haven’t supported in the past
even though it’s probably a wonderful project.
Councilwoman
Scott stated all of her proposed allocations are old projects.
Councilman Timmer
stated no, the senior nutritional program is new. Again, it’s a new program and that means we are going to have to
cut out a program that we’ve been funding in the past. He had a little different numbers from
Councilman McCallon’s but he can support his proposed allocations.
Councilwoman
Scott stated if we took the $5,000 off it would make $18,794 for the YMCA.
Councilman Timmer
stated Councilman McCallon stated $10,000 for the library, for the three senior
projects as $10,000, $8,000 and $5,000, the funding as requested, the YMCA
$20,794 and then the Little League was the full funding amount of $10,000 which
comes up to $63,794.
Councilwoman
Scott stated okay, then you’re cutting the literacy program.
Councilman Timmer
stated yes, we funded them last year at $10,000 as well so we’re doing the same
funding as last year. They requested
$12,000 we only gave them $10,000 last year.
Councilwoman
Scott stated in 2005 they requested $15,000 and got it.
Councilman Timmer
stated based on page 23, if you look at the overall funding, in fact since
2001-2002 they have been steady at $10,000.
Councilwoman
Scott stated she is partial to the literacy program as she used to be a tutor
and the program is needed.
Councilman Timmer
stated he doesn’t disagree and that’s why it’s been supported all these
years. It’s just a matter of do we have
enough money to support what they are asking for.
Councilwoman
Scott stated she has a problem giving the YMCA so much when if you look at our
warrant register we’re giving the YMCA, well the YMCA facilities for our
citizens every month huge amounts in the rental of the equipment. They basically don’t have any rent other
there, $1 a year. They’re getting a lot
of benefits. They’re getting more than our youth is getting. They’re getting more than our seniors are
getting. It’s a monthly thing so you
don’t see it.
Councilman Timmer
stated again, he is going with Councilman McCallon’s proposal because if you
look at last year, it’s less than last year funding. It’s $5,000 less than the year before. It’s pretty consistent what we’ve been supporting at the
YMCA. Again, he thinks we all support
these programs, it’s just a matter of fine tuning and how many dollars are
available.
Councilwoman
Scott stated she still thinks we should give something to Senior
Nutrition. The seniors have to eat too.
Councilman
McCallon stated the thing is the Senior Center didn’t request the funds, the
County did.
Councilwoman
Scott stated it says it will only benefit the Highland Senior Center. She looked at it closely because she
believes in supporting our own.
Councilman Timmer
stated when we fund the three programs; he knows that money is going directly
to them because it’s a program they asked to be funded. For us to give CDBG monies, which are
administered by the County, to the County, there’s a little trust issue
there.
A MOTION
was made by Councilman McCallon, seconded by Councilman Timmer, to allocate the
City of Highland’s Community Development Block Grant funds in the following
manner, item #34045 San Bernardino County Library in the amount of $10,000,
item #34062 Highland District Council on Aging, Inc. in the amount of $10,000,
item #34063 Highland District on Aging, Inc. in the amount of $8,000, item
#34064 Highland District on Aging, Inc. in the amount of $5,000, item #34222
Central Little League in the amount of $10,000 and item #34162 Highland Family
YMCA in the amount of $20,794 for a grand total of $63,794. Motion carried, 4-1, with Mayor Lilburn
abstaining.
CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
LEGISLATIVE
15. Presentation
by Central Little League Regarding their Activities at Highland Community Park
Ms. Michelle
Williamson gave a brief presentation on Central Little League’s
activities. The little league is in
their fourth season with 230 children with 18 teams and a possibility of 2 more
teams.
16. Mailing
of Warrants (checks) Prior to City Council Approving the Warrant Register
Director
of Administrative Services Dantuono gave a brief review of the staff report.
Director of
Administrative Services Dantuono stated most invoices are sent out as
pre-pays. On page 4 of the current
warrant register, it will show how many checks have been held back in this
cycle and there are only five checks listed.
Councilwoman
Scott stated what if a check is mailed out and then the Council does not
approve payment of the check for whatever reason.
Director of
Administrative Services Dantuono stated he would have to request the check back
but in the past 15 years, this has never happened.
Councilman Timmer
stated when this came before the Finance Subcommittee, it was recommended it
come before Council. The invoice goes
through a process in which it goes to staff who reviews it to ensure it is
correct and if the goods have been delivered.
Plus it will make it easier for staff to process the cycle.
A MOTION
was made by Mayor Pro Tem Jones, seconded by Councilman McCallon, to authorize
staff to mail warrants prior to City Council approving the warrant
register. Motion carried, 4-1, with
Councilwoman Scott abstaining.
17. Second
Reading of Ordinance No. 321 to Amend Chapter 5.20 of Title 5 of the Highland
Municipal Code to Implement the Provisions of AB 2987 (State Vide Franchises)
City
Manager Hughes gave a brief review of the staff report.
A MOTION
was made by Mayor Pro Tem Jones, seconded by Councilman Timmer, to approve
Ordinance No. 321 amending Chapter 5.20 of the Highland Municipal Code. Motion carried, 5-0.
18. Update on SANBAG, SCAG,
Omnitrans, Work Program and Regional/Legislative Issues/Development
Issues/Subcommittees/AB 1234 Updates
Councilman
McCallon stated the opening of SR210, the travel pattern of the traffic volume
has changed dramatically. SANBAG is
evaluating the impact of this through traffic counts taken several months prior
and several months following. Visual
observation of the traffic congestion seems to indicate significant congestion
regularly occurs. Highland Council has
a high priority project to widen the SR210 through Highland and San Bernardino. SANBAG has acknowledged the problem and has
gotten Caltrans involved. SANBAG has
taken the lead in implementing a monitoring data system. Another important project SANBAG has been
working on is the State Transportation Improvement Program submittal to the
California Transportation Commission.
Councilman
Timmer asked will the monitoring system on the SR210 be installed from the 5 to
Highland?
Councilman
McCallon stated no, only on the new extension, primarily from the area of the
215 to 10.
Mayor
Pro Tem Jones asked what the cost will be for installation?
Councilman
McCallon stated the cost for installation should not exceed $175,000.
City
Manager Hughes stated Councilwoman Scott has requested a letter of support in
the possible location of a Marine Corps recruit station, if they so choose to,
in the City of Highland. Apparently the
City of Berkley has taken a stand in opposition of having a Marine Corps
recruiting station in their city.
Councilman
Timmer stated when San Francisco had their issues, we had a resolution drawn up
stating the City of Highland would no longer attend functions or spend money in
their city if they can’t support our military.
He would like to see a similar Resolution for Berkeley.
A MOTION was made by Councilwoman Scott, seconded by
Councilman McCallon, to direct staff to prepare a letter addressed to the
Pentagon stating the City of Highland’s support in having a Marine Corps
recruiting station with the option of a Resolution directed to the City of
Berkley. Motion carried, 5-0.
Community
Development Director Jaquess stated the City of Highland has received a letter
from airport attorney, Barbara Lichman, and she has advised us that the FAA is
proposing some amendments to the laws governing Clean Air Act and reducing the
circumstances under which they would need to comply with the Clear Air Act on
where airport construction projects or activities around the airport. Examples she refers to are it allows
facility wide emissions, general conformity regulations. General conformity regulations have
previously been used to argue court cases by Ms. Lichman and others to force
them to comply with the Clean Air Act.
It also exempts air traffic control procedures above 3,000 feet above
ground level and she’s proposing to prepare a letter to the FAA and they have
until March 10, 2008, to submit comments, which means the comments are due
before the next Council meeting. We
just received this letter last Thursday so we couldn’t add it to the agenda as
a regular discussion item. Her request
is if the Council is interested in being a part of the response that she will
prepare. She is going to prepare a
single response for all of her interested clients. There would be a cost of her hourly fee that she charges to write
the letter and the letter will be distributed among all of her clients. Ms. Lichman is asking for the City of
Highland is interested in taking a position of support of her opposition these
changes.
Councilman
McCallon inquired if this is separate from the AB 318.
City
Manager Hughes stated this is separate.
Community
Development Director Jaquess stated Ms. Lichman is referring to a conformity
rule change that came out. Ms. Lichman
is concerned about this and is suggesting a letter be prepared to oppose this
change.
A MOTION was made by Councilwoman Scott, seconded by Mayor
Pro Tem Jones, to direct staff to advise airport attorney, Barbara Lichman, to
create a letter stating City of Highland’s position of support in the
opposition of stated changes regarding the Clean Air Act and to have City
Attorney, Craig Steele, review the letter before final Council approval. Motion carried, 5-0.
19. San
Bernardino International Airport Authority and IVDA
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, March 6, 2008 League of California Cities Dinner Meeting
Thursday,
April 3, 2008 State of the County of San Bernardino
CLOSED SESSION
None
ADJOURN
There being no further
business, Mayor Lilburn adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m.
Submitted by: Approved by:
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Betty Hughes, CMC Penny Lilburn
City Clerk Mayor
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