CC/RDA 2009 11-17 Minutes
Poway City Council
Poway Redevelopment Agency
Council Chambers
13325 Civic Center Drive
Poway, California
November 17, 2009
The Regular Meeting of the Poway City Council and Poway Redevelopment Agency
was called to order by Mayor Higginson at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call: Boyack, Cunningham, Rexford, Kruse; Higginson
Staff Members Present:
Rod Gould City Manager/Executive Director
Penny Riley Assistant City Manager/Asst. Executive Director
Lisa Foster City Attorney/Agency Counsel
Linda A. T�oyan City Clerk/Secretary
Steve Didier Director of Administrative Services/Treasurer
Bob Manis Director of Development Services
Dena Fuentes Directo� of Community Services/Redevelopment
Leah Browder Director of Public Works
Mark Sanchez Director of Safety Services
Todd Frank Sheriff's Captain
(Note: Hereinafter the titles Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Councilmember, City Manager, City Attorney,
and City Clerk shall be used to indicate Mayor/Chair, Deputy Mayor/Deputy Chair,
Councilmember/ Director, City Manager/ Executive Director, Asst. City Manager/Asst. Exec.
Director, Dir. of Redev: Services/Deputy Exec. Director, Dir. of Admin. Services/Treasurer, City
Attorney/Agency Counsel and City Clerk/Secretary.J
Pledge of Allegiance:
Chuck Cross, US Coast Guard, American Legion
City Councilmember Announcements:
Pets of the Week by Councilmember Rexford — A cat named Scooby and a dog
named Lizzy are available for adoption at the Escondido Humane Society.
Presentations:
None
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Public Oral Communications:
• Dave Grosch spoke about Wal-Mart.
o Laura Uematsu addressed Council regarding recall efforts and demanded a
resignation from Councilmember Rexford.
. Peter Radosevich spoke about recall efforts for Councilmember Rexford and
questioned her having a press conference.
e Steve Vaus spoke about recall efforts for Councilmember Rexford.
. Jerry Hargarten spoke about the targeting of Councilmember Rexford with a
recall and its negative effect on the City of Poway.
. Virginia Hargarten spoke about the City Council and the negative effects of the
recall.
Consent Calendar - Notice to Public: (Approved by Roll-Call Vote)
Motion by Deputy Mayor Kruse, seconded by Councilmember Cunningham, to
approve Consent Calendar Items 3-13. Motion carried by the following roll-call
vote:
Aye: Boyack, Cunningham, Rexford, Kruse, Higginson
Noes: None
Rbsent: None
3. Approval of Reading by Title only and Waiver of Reading in full of Ordinances
on Agenda.
4. Ratification of Warrant Registers for the period October 12 through October
16, 2009 and October 19 through October 23, 2009. (0475-20)
5. Approval of Minutes — City Council/Redevelopment Agency
November 3 Regular
6. Award of Bid for Espola Road Landscape Restoration Federal Aid Project No.
ER-46013(001) Bid No. 10-005 to Sierra Landscape, the lowest responsible
bidder, in the amount not to exceed $183,455. (0700-10)
7. Approval of Consultant Agreement between the City of Poway and AECOM
for Engineering Design Services for the Boulder Mountain Reservoir Repair
and Replacement Project (CIP# 1759A). (0700-10)
8. Award of Bid for the FY 2009/2010 ADA Barrier Removal — Lake Poway
Pavilion Project, (CIP #1548D) Bid No. 10-006 to Pave Pros Construction,
Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount not to exceed $45,877.55.
(0700-10)
9. Award of Bid for the Settled Water Launder Replacement and Channel Lining
Project at the Lester J. Berglund Water Treatment Plant (CIP #1753), Bid No.
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10-008 to Eastern Valley General Engineering, Inc., the lowest responsible
bidder, in the amount not to exceed $499,980.00. (0700-10)
10. Consideration of Housing Special Program Recommendations to award a
Housing Special Program grant to Community HousingWorks in the amount
of $199,340. (0490-51)
11. Acceptance of the Poway Royal Concrete Improvements Project (CIP# 1140)
Bid No. 09-021 from Rentex Construction, Inc. as complete; Authorize the
City Clerk to file and record the Notice of Completion; Authorize the release of
the retention in the amount of $2,903.32, if unencumbered, 45 days after filing
the Notice of Completion; Release the Material and Labor bond in the amount
of $19,801, and retain the bond tor Faithful Performance for a period of one
year. (0700-10)
12. Approval of agreement between the City of Poway and MBIA Asset
Management for providing investment advisory services to the City.
(0700-10)
13. City Council Approval of Funds and Acquisition of Tax Defaulted Parcel APN
317-740-66 on Cree Drive. (0780-08)
Staff Report:
1. Provide Community Park Master Plan Update and Approval of Consultant
Agreement. (0700-10)
Patti Brindle, City Pianner gave an update on the Community Park Master
Plan and June Dudas, Asst. Director of Community Services reported on
Community Center joint use. A PowerPoint presentation was displayed.
Speakers in Support: Antonio Avila, Pete Babich
Speakers in Opposition: Dee Fleischman
Motion by Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember
Boyack to authorize staff to begin work on the Community Park Master
Plan Update; and that the Redevelopment Agency 1) Allocate $120,000
from the Redevelopment Agency unappropriated fund balance to
project 5660A to pay for the Community Park Master Plan Update and;
2) Accept the proposal for services and authorize the Executive Director
to execute the agreement between RJM Design Group, Inc. and the
Redevelopment Agency for the Community Park Master Plan Update.
Motion carried by the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Boyack, Cunningham, Rexford, Kruse, Higginson
Noes: None
Absent: None
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2. Water Conservation Progress Report and Water Rates Discussion. (0490-15)
Kristen Crane, Water Conservation Manager and Donna Goldsmith, Business
and Revenue Manager provided a PowerPoint report.
Speakers in Support: Pete Babich
Speakers in Opposition: John Swildens, Ken Roth, Bruce Tarzy representing
Green Valley Civic Association
Speakers with Neutral Position: Manuel Corrales, Jr., Esq. representing
Hidden Valley Ranch/Ed Malone
Staff to continue to monitor consumption, continue five pillar
conservation program, report back periodically and provide a
comprehensive status report in April.
Received and filed report.
14. City Manager Items: None.
15. City Attorney Items:
City Attorney Foster announced that Council met earlier in the evening at a
6:00 p.m. Special Meeting and discussed the following Closed Session items:
A. Conference with Legal Counsel- Existing Litigation
Gov't Code section 54956.9(a)
Poway Royal Mobilehome Owners Assn. et al v. Poway Redevelopment
Agency; et al, San Diego Superior Court Case No. GIC849802/GIC849790
B. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation
Gov't Code section 54956.9(b)
No. of Cases: One
Regarding Item A, she reported that Council approved a final
settlement in the matter of attorney's fees awarded to the City and
the Agency in that case. Pursuant to the settlement, the city will
accept payment from the Homeowner's Association in the amount of
$21,500 as full satisfaction of the judgment for attorney's fees and
with this settlement of the attorney's fees award, all issues related to
this case are now resolved.
Regarding Item B, there is no reportable action.
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Mayor and City Council-Initiated Items:
16. MERRILEE BOYACK reported that she is glad to be back at the meetings.
17. BETTY REXFORD wished her husband a Happy Birthday.
18. JIM CUNNINGHAM reported on citizens meetings and Veteran's Day event.
19. CARL KRUSE —
A. Discussion regarding schedule of regular meetings of the City Council.
No action taken.
20. DON HIGGINSON announced four influential Charger players live in Poway.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 p.m.
' da . Troyan, MMC
City- lerk
City of Poway, California
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