CITY OF GRAND TERRACE COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 23, 20056:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
GRAND TERRACE CIVIC CENTER
22795 Barton Road
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* Call to Order -
* Invocation - Pastor Salim Elias, Azure Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church
* Pledge of Allegiance -
* Roll Call -
AGENDA ITEMS
CONVENE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1. Approval of 06-09-2005 Minutes
ADJOURN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
1. Items to Delete
2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Grand Terrace Days Sponsors (Who are they, how much did they contribute, how was that contribution spent, and what business pending do they have in the Planning Department, Department of Finance, or in front of the Council? How much did each activity, band, gun fighters, Lucy's cost? Is this Grand Terrace?)
B. Proclamation - Children's Network "Fun In The Sun, Safe Summer 2005"
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon by the Council at one time without discussion. Any Council Member, Staff Member, or Citizen may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion.
A. Approve Check Register Dated June 23, 2005
(check out how much the city spends on a trip for a council member and yet has no funds for youth (TEEN) activities. What did GT get from the HOTEL and Dinner expense? How about a loaf of bread and peanut butter like our children get at day care.)
B. Ratify 06-23-2005 CRA Action (What Action was THAT, The Land Swap for the Power Plant, how about saying what you are doing in ENGLISH)
C. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda (NO READ THE THING)
D. Approval of 05-26-2005 and 06-09-2005 Minutes (READ THEM OUT)
E. Cancellation of July 28, 2005 Council Meeting (Who Will Be Watching over the City Manager,,, oh never mind at least we won't be lied to one meeting, we won't be paying the stipend, and perhaps no adverse action can be taken while the mice are away. How many Meetings a year are canceled, and how many are missed by the council members, and why did they run?)
F. Special Events Permit Requested by Calvary, The Brook for the Use of Rollins Park for a Freedom Day Picnic and Service Open to the Public on Saturday, July 2, 2005 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Are they paying for insurance and use of the park like any other group would be required to do?)
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is the opportunity for members of the public to comment on any items not appearing on the regular agenda. Because of restrictions contained in California Law, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or acting on any item not on the agenda. The Mayor may request a brief response from staff to questions raised during public comment.
(Remember to Practice your Comment: You have 3 Minutes: and you only get to speak once per meeting no mater how many different topics you may want to talk on. So what they are doing is, a citizen can have a limited number of thoughts on a limited number of topics and they must fit into 3 minutes, that is ok it appears they are not to listening to you anyway.)
5. ORAL REPORTS -
A. Committee Reports
1. Emergency Operations Committee. Minutes of 05-03-2005
B. Council Reports (This is where a Council Member with Courage could break from the tethers of the Mayor and Give the Floor to a Citizen to continue their presentation or thought. That would be the day, a Citizen being able to speak without the egg timer and interruption... "Please summarize")
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Street Cut Policy and an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, California Establishing Fines for Failure to Obtain a Street Cut Permit and failure to Perform Street Cut Construction in Accordance to the specifications as Described in the Specifications for Construction within the Public Right of Way
B. Resolution - 2005-2006 Annual Assessment Landscape and Lighting District No. 89-1
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. HVAC Maintenance Agreement (Nice to see this back on the Agenda, remember that the contract practices presented to the council last time this was brought up were in deficit with regards to making a proper solicitation for bids, a job of the City Manager)
B. NOT FINISHED BUSINESS; NOT LISTED ON AGENDA: (Who is on the committee to define the roles of the council members and the Mayor's functions? When does that committee meet, what are the developments of that meeting and rules being presented?)
C. NOT FINISHED: The question about when an RDA action is reportable to the public. No where are the words "AFTER ESCROW" a point of where a decision is made. Actually, to go to escrow is a decision reportable.
D. NOT FINISHED: How Much Did the Grand Terrace Days Cost: How much time was spent by city employees, their wives, and the cost of the event even though it was covered by "sponsors" Who were the sponsors and what deals do they have pending with the city?
E. NOT FINISHED: AES Power Plant's 3d view of the Proposed Plant and EPA information compared to EPA air quality compared data with OAC as a baseline.
D. What are the result of the Phone Polls and Surveys being taken. The most recent one being the Blue Mt. Senior Center and Apartments Project which is bias in its writing. Letters for support are solicited, yet no letters against the idea are similarly queried. Who wrote this survey... It smacks of many problems.
8. NEW BUSINESS - None(No NEW BUSINESS- Is it Time to Lay off the City Staff? Close all Projects in the Planning Department, and CRA?)
9. CLOSED SESSION - None ( Or at least they want us to think so.)
ADJOURN
THE NEXT CRA/CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2005 AT 6:00 P.M.
AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS FOR THE 07-14-2005
MEETING MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY NOON 07-07-2005.
