Agenda... Comments in RED

CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 13, 20056:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
GRAND TERRACE CIVIC CENTER
22795 Barton Road

THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE COMPLIES WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CALL THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT (909) 824-6621 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

IF YOU DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MEETING, YOU ARE ASKED TO PLEASE COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY CLERK. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE MAYOR AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

* Call to Order -
* Invocation - Pastor Rick Doucette, Calvary, The Brook Church
* Pledge of Allegiance -
* Roll Call -

AGENDA ITEMS
CONVENE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1. Approval of 09-22-2005 Minutes

2. Closed Session - Real Property negotiations (GC 54956.8)

1. Purchase and Sale Agreement with Colton Joint Unified School District
a. Property Address: 1167-151-58, 1167-151-59, 1167-151-60, and 1167-151-63b.
Negotiating Parties:
1) Tom Schwab on behalf of the Agency
2) Bob Stranger on behalf of the Colton joining Unified School District
c. Areas of Negotiation: Price and Terms

HERE WE GO AGAIN: The REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY "MAY" MEET IN A CLOSED MEETING FOR NEGOTIATION... DOES NOT MEAN THEY MUST MEET IN CLOSED MEETINGS. THIS TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN TWO PUBLIC AGENCIES, WHAT ABOUT THIS PROCESS MUST THEY HIDE FROM THE PUBLIC. WHY ARE THE ADDRESSES TO THE PROPERTY ENCODED AND NOT PROVIDED WITH A STREET LOCATION OR SIMPLE ADDRESS DESCRIPTION AS THE COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED MANY TIMES....


ADJOURN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

1. Items to Delete
2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None
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.

Each ITEM.... ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD PER CITIZEN YOU GET 3 MINUTES. RESIST LUMPING THINGS TOGETHER.

A. Approve Check Register Dated October 13, 2005

B. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda

C. Approval of 09-22-2005 Minutes

Remember, these are the Minutes where Council Member Miller's vote was changed from His approval of the check for the purchase of the 1.200,000.oo land and house, which he had approved in a CLOSED RDA Meeting/Negotiation, with a realtor his wife does business with, but does not work for, and he stressed she has her own business, yet no city license for said business could be found in spite of advertisements implying an office in Grand Terrace, and a consistent collaboration with the aforementioned realtor. Do the Minutes reflect all this? Will they be read to the public for a review of the record?

D. Authorization for Staff to Attend the League of California Cities New Law and Election Seminar in Monterey, December 7-9, 2005

NO the STAFF can READ they don't need a trip to the California Wine Country to get Educated on New Laws and Election Laws. SPEND THIS MONEY ON YOUTH OR SEND IT BACK UNSPENT.

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.

Each item of concern, not on the agenda, qualify for a 3 minute allowance of time. Divide up your topics so you have time to speak to each topic sufficiently.

5. REPORTS - A. Committee Reports
1. Historical and Cultural Activities Committee
a. Minutes of 09-12-20052.
Emergency Operations Committee
a. Minutes of 09-06-2005b.
Appoint Regular Member (Taylor)

B. Council Reports

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. A Resolution Approving Tentative Tract Map No. 04-01 (TTM 16624) for a 15 Unit Single Family Residential Development with one Open Space Lot in the City of Grand Terrace, California

An Ordinance Approving Specific Plan No. 04-02 (SP-04-02) for a Lot Subdivision with 15 Single Family Detached Units and One Open Space Lot on a Two Acre Site Located on the North Side of De Berry Street Between the Gage Canal on the West and Mt. Vernon on the East and Environmental Review Case No. 04-01 (E-04-01) - Mitigated Negative Declaration as Provided by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (REMEMBER NEGATIVE IN THIS CASE MEANS NO PROBLEMS)

7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

There is a long list of unfinished business the city doesn't want to remind you about:
A: Policy and Procedure and Practice Committee: Define Role and Function of GT Mayor and Council Member.
B: Air Conditioning Contract (What Happened to this?)
C: Contract Bidding Practice Review
D: Review of Fireworks Sales Form a STUDY GROUP REAL DATA on Fire Calls, and Police Assistance Calls for the Week of July 1 to 7.
E: Audit of GT Days Finances and GT City Employee's Time Spent requested By Council Member Miller Partial Data Supplied to Blog Was Posted, NO PUBLIC REVISIT on THE TOPIC
F: Revision of all Codes and Ordinances 400 Pages in Library
G: Rental Inspection Fees: Pending Decision for Future Evaluation
H: Disclosure of the Law Suit Filed against the City Delayed till Feb. 2006 Related to the OAC

8. NEW BUSINESS

A. Request to Approve the Settlement and Release Agreement with Adelphia Cablevision Regarding the Underpayment of Franchise Fees from 2001-2002

How will this money be spent, Youth or Staff Trips?

B. Schedule November and December City Council Meetings

9. CLOSED SESSION

A. Real Estate Negotiations - 22874 Arliss

Who is the realtor? Who is doing the fiance and Escrow? How will the funds be spent? Again, the City uses MAY as MUST. You may have a piece of liver is different than you MUST have a piece of LIVER. They chose to close the meetings. This is their decision, not the LAWs REQUIREMENT. Is the RDA going to pay how much to the County, because they did not use the house for a shelter, or according to the terms and conditions of the County to City Title Transfer, negotiated by non other than Jim Miller.

ADJOURN
THE NEXT CRA/CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005 AT 6:00 P.M.
AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS FOR THE 10-27-2005 MEETING MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY NOON 10-20-2005.