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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA MINUTES 1979 02 05COUNCIL MINUTES Page 5, 2-5-79 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY February 5, 1979 1. Meeting called to order at 7:42 P.M. by Chairman Welsh. 2. Present: Members: Sharp, Welsh, Kennedy, Saltarelli. Absent: Members: None 3. Approval of Minutes of January 15, 1979 meeting. It was moved by Sharp, seconded by Saltarelli, to approve the minutes of the January 15, 1979 meeting. Carried unanimously. 4. RESOLUTION RDA 79-1 A Resolution of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tustin, ACCEPTING WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT AND AUTHORIZING RECORDATION OF NOTICE OF COMPLETION. (Newport Avenue Widening) It was moved by Saltarelli, seconded by Kennedy, to adopt Resolution No. RDA 79-1 and authorize final 10% retention payment as recommended by City Engineer. Carried unanimously. 5. RESOLUTION RDA 79-2 A Resolution of the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tustin, California, APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF CONDUIT AND STRUCTURES FOR UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND TELEPHONE FACILITIES WITHIN THE FIRST STREET UNDERGROUND DISTRICT NO. 4 and DIRECTING THE SECRETARY TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS (Larwin Square) It was moved by Saltarelli, seconded by Sharp, to adopt Resolution RDA 79-2 as recommended by City Engineer. Carried unanimously. 6. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STATUS REPORT It was moved by Saltarelli, seconded by Sharp, to approve the revised budget and authorize staff to negotiate consultant contracts on an as needed basis to complete the engineering design work, so that all projects may be adver- tised for bids prior to June 30, 1979. Councilwoman Kennedy asked about the E1 Camino undergrounding project being first on the priority list. Dan Blankenship, City Administrator, responded that until So. Ca. Edison Co. finishes the estimate and design work, we cannot proceed with this project. Mayor Welsh asked Brian Chase to ask the Edison Company to give us a letter indicating how things are progressing on the estimates and design work on E1 Camino Real. Richard Edgar, 13622 Loretta Drive, stated that the modified budget is completely in accordance with the original intentions that were voiced. The real priority that was established was that we do things underground before we spend a lot of money on the surface. To extend the water main up E1 Camino would be doing precisely that and when the undergrounding is completed, to put some good street widening, etc., would be an intelligent way to proceed. Walter Flaherty, 661 W. 1st St., said that so the City Council would know if the people on E1 Camino were in favor of this, he had passed out around 64 questionaires to see if the people were in favor of the undergrounding and 23 were in favor and 5 were not. He said that there was some apathy and skepticism on the street and a fear of how much it would cost each one but in essence, he felt that the street was very much in favor of it. Mayor Welsh had had a very fruitful meeting with the E1 Camino Real repre- sentatives and he recommended that we continue to have this kind of communi- cation. After further discussion, the motion carried unanimously. COUNCIL MINUTE S Page 6, 2-5-79 Ie PUBLIC CONCERNS II. ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION It was moved by Sharp, seconded by Kennedy, to adjourn at 7:55 P.M. to the next regular meeting on February 20, 1979. Carried unanimously. RECOP~NG SECRET~RY MEETING OF TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 7:55 P. M. February 5, 1979 Helen Edgar, 13622 Loretta Drive, called attention to an article in the Los Angeles Times on January 19, 1979 - "Warning Given to Insurance Rate Change." She felt the Council should adopt a resolution against auto insurance rates increasing. She had talked to her insurance company and to several other parties who wished to remain anonymous and they said that rates would go up. She said that Santa Ana and the League of Cities have adopted such resolutions. Mayor Welsh responded that he had this on his list to bring up under OTHER BUSINESS. Margaret Byrd, 158 N. "B" St., asked if there was any way the Council could control the parking of cars on the street overnight, especially the days that the street sweeper cleans the streets. Councilman Schuster suggested that a notice could be sent out informing the residents that if they will cooperate and remove their cars from the street when the street sweeper is to be in their neighborhood, it will not be nec- essary for the City to pass an ordinance forbidding overnight parking. Mrs. Byrd suggested tagging cars with courtesy tags. Mayor Welsh had two suggestions to Mr. Blankenship, City Administrator: 1. Notification to owners, perhaps in the Tustin Today, and 2. A rider to accompany the sweeper and put courtesy tags on the cars that are parked on the streets. Richard B. Edgar, 13622 Loretta Dr., said that one of the items that the Council did last year in the capital budget was the expenditure of approxi- mately $50,000 to renovate a number of roads in the City. The choice of the roads that were improved was done on a very analytical basis by a firm that had been hired to do that. There is over $100,000 committed to improve roads this fiscal year and he was curious what steps have been taken to choose what roads should be improved this year. Dale Wick, Assistant City Engineer, responded that the same firm has been engaged and staff will have a report in two or three weeks. 7. ORDINANCE NO. 786 An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Tustin, AMENDING THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND BICYCLE LICENSING Chief Thayer gave a report that bicycle licensing does help tremendously in recovering bicycles that are stolen. Many homeowners do not record their own serial numbers and the only way they have to put a stolen bicycle into the State wide computers is by registering the bicycles. Another good reason for bicycle licensing is that usually bicycle riders, especially young children and older people, do not carry any identification and in the case of a serious accident, registration of the bicycle is the only way to identify the person, and notify the relatives. It was moved by Kennedy, seconded by Schuster, that Ordinance No. 786 have second reading by title. Carried unanimously.