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<br />\iw <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON <br />NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT <br />Meeting Minutes <br />February 25, 2003 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />The meeting convened at 5:55 p.m. in Room 831 of City Hall. <br /> <br />ATTENDANCE <br /> <br />The following Council members were present: Lisa Bist and Alberta Christy <br /> <br />Staff present were: Cynthia J. Nelson, Deputy City Manager/Development Services; Ben <br />Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Joseph Edwards, Planning Manager; Lorena Pei'laloza, <br />Deputy City Attorney; Pat Whitaker, Housing Manager; and Lt. Anthony Levatino, Police Dept. <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Approved by a vote of 2:0 <br />A. October 22, 2002 Meeting Minutes <br />B. November 26, 2002, December 24, 2002 and January 28, 2003 Meetings <br />Cancelled <br /> <br />2. VENDING TRUCK ORDINANCE UPDATE <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Ben Kaufman reviewed the work efforts to date of the city staff task force to address the <br />issue of vending trucks in the neighborhoods. Mr. Kaufman then reviewed in detail the <br />proposed ordinance modifications (Attachment 1). Members of the public were invited to <br />address the Committee at this point on the various sections of the new ordinance <br />proposal. Counciimembers Bist and Christy recommend the proposed ordinance, with <br />the provision that vending in one location cannot exceed 90 minutes, and the vehicle <br />must be moved not less than 500 feet between consecutive stops. Staff will also modify <br />some of the term definitions to clarify the intent, including disallowing vending within 500 <br />feet of a church or community center. A few other issues to address are banning sales <br />in public alleys and unimproved public right-of-way (I.e. no curb, gutter, sidewalk). <br />Considerable discussion followed concerning the enforcement of the violations once the <br />ordinance is placed. It was acknowledged that there are limited staff resources, both in <br />Police and Community Preservation, to manage the enforcement of the ordinance; <br />however, any improvement in the situation would be helpful to the neighborhoods. It <br />was agreed that once the final ordinance language is developed, staff will convene a <br />meeting with the vending truck owners to advise them of the ordinance and the timing for <br />its adoption. Staff will also attend the April Communication Linkage meeting to review <br />the proposed ordinance. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />SHOPPING CART DEVICES <br /> <br />\iw <br /> <br />Joseph Edwards provided some background information on the previous decision on <br />how to require shopping cart devices for new retaii establishments. At this point, a <br />project will be conditioned to include an on-site shopping cart control device if there are <br />