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CC 03-17-94 I . - . . . CC-87SA MINUTES Cupertino City Council Special Meeting March 17, 1994 PLECGE OF ALLEGIAl"lCE Mayor Koppel led the Pledge of Allegiance, and called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room C of Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue. ROLL CALL Council members present: Don Burnett, Wally Dean, and Mayor Barbara Koppel. Council members absent; Jolm Bautista and LauraIee Sorensen (Counc. Bautista was present at 6:40 p.m.). Staff Present; City Manager Don Brown City Clerk Kim Smith Administrative SeIYices Director Blaine Snyder Community Development Director Bob Cowan Parks and Recreation Director Steve Dowling Public Works Director Bert Viskovich ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Allen Snyder, 10534 Meteor Place, said the City might be premature in promoting recycling of telephone books. The City Manager explained that new bnoks bad already been delivered to City Hall and they should ærive in the community shortly. STUDY SESSION 1. Review of Five Year Fiscal Forecast, fiscal years 1994-95 through 1998-99. The Administrative Services Director reviewed the Five Year Fiscal Forecast document. He corrected the first sentence of page 5 to read as follows: '7he fund balance trend for General, Pm and Gas Tax Funds exhibit a decrease ftom 29.8 million to $22 2 million, which is a decline 0[$7.6 million." He reviewed a series of transparencies of charts that were in the backup materials, as well as charts titleè "Sales Tax by Business Code," "Sales Tax by Economic Category," "Business Segment, Top Six," "IS-year Comparison," "Genera1 Fund Balance," and "COlIDCiJ Reserv~ Policy" at 75% and 100010 of expenditures. . , . . March 17. 1994 Cupertino City Council Page 2 . Discussion was held regarding the future changes in gas tax funds, potential shifts in franchise fees if telephone companies began providing cable service and vice versa, and the Administrative Services Director reviewed tl:e City's current debt situation and the benefit of the debt refinancing. He notoo that the revenue projections S!10wn in the Five- Year Forecast will be different from those in the new budget document because the numbers will be updated by that time. 2. Review of the Five Year Capital Improvement Program. The Public Works Director reviewed a memorandum of March 14. 19"', "hich highlighted the chang~ and/or modifications over the previously-approved five- year capital improvement program. He explained that this plan also included a new category called a "planning phase, ~ which listed the projects which Council may wish to consider in the future but wlùch had not yet been scoped out or had any funding identified for them. Discussion was held regarding the General Plan restrictions on Level of Service of traffic and how they would affect the Stevens Creek Specific Plan, plans for the Fremont Older schod s:te, and whether to advance the schedule on th.;: medians at Rainbow Drive or wait,until Highway 85 was opened to determine the effect on traffic. þ The Public Works Director reviewed a memcrandum dated October 9, 1993, ftom the Public Safety Commission which recommended the funding of the McClellan Road improvements in this Capital Improvement Program. He explained that progress on this had stopped because the benefit/cost ratio was not acceptable, and the major cost of the project had to do with the right-of-way. He explained that accidents there in the past had been vehicle "re2r-enders", and the recommended improvements would not solve those kinds of problems. Mr. Andrew Zander, representing the Public Safety Commission, said they were strongly in favor of having this project programmed into the budget. He discussed the volume of traffic, issues ofacœss, and the safety issues involved. He said that public safety would be enhanced by improving that section of McClellan Road now. He explained that they would be comfortable waiting one more year for the opening of Highway 85 to determine its effect on traffic, but it should be programmed now. Discussion followed regarding the current traffic patterns and right-of-way issues. Mr. Harvey Checkman, also a member of the Public Safety Commission, said that McClellan Road was a direct route to DeAnza College and the shopping center, and was often used by people in wheel chairs, families with strollers, children walking to school, etc. Discussion was held regarding the traffic problems ftom Orange to Monta Vista, wlùch would involve an even more costly solution to aclùeving the right-of-way. Mr. Checkman said that McClellan Road had a - .., , . March 17,1994 CIipQIioo City Council Page 3 greater volume of traffic even in that short stretch of road. The Public Works Director noted that the reco~ improvements would not change the capacity of the roadway. Ms. Ann Anger, 10185 Empire, said that the traffic problems on McClell8l1 Road had been discussed many times but the project was always pushed aside. Discus!Jion followed regarding the feasibility of an assessment district for this project and whether the homeowners would consider the improvements to be a benefit. Mr. Chec:kman suggested the City consider splitting the cost with the individual who is cmrently trying to sell property on the north side. Counc. Dean noted that this would be Blaine Snyder's last Five-Year Forecast cIS the City's Finance and Administrative Services Director since he would be retiring in July. He thanked Mr. Snyder for doing an outstanding job and said that he had held the trust of Council, and that the $taIldards he had set would be difficult to match. ADJOURNMENT At 8: I 0 p.m., the City Council adjourned to 6:30 p.1T. , March 21, 1994, Conference Room A. for interviews of candidates for Public Safety Commission. ~~- Kim Marie Smith City Clerk