Minutes 78-12-04170
HINUTES 0P AN ADJOURNED REOULAR HEr,,T~TING
OF THE CYPRESS 0I'T'Y COUNCIL
HELD
December 4, 1978
The adjourned regular meeting of the Cypress City Council was cai]ed
[o order at 7:10 p.m. en Monday, December' 4, ]978 at the Cypress
ElementdPy School O~stPict Office, 9470 ~oodv Street, CvoPe~s, Calif-
oPn~a~ ~{ayop [}onald H~dson oposidinq.
PRNSENT:
ABSENT:
Cot:ncilmembeps Evans, Rowan and Hudson
Counc{lmembers Lacaye and Macl.aitl
Also present were members of the Cypress School District Board of
Directors.
The First: item oF discussion oF the Joint meet[eR wa~. the student
traffic safety pr, oF, ram and the possi6ilitv oF static?> the Pesponsi-
bility and/ore_o~stoo oF this proRram between the City and the S
, chool
FI{strict.
COUNCII~h~AN LACAYO ARRIVED AT 7:12 P.~!.
'Several alternatives were discussed includinq 1he San Diego approach
oF usiriq students as cpossinR ~uaPds~ the use eF volunteers, a Total
t'eeva]uation {Df attendance areas, and a sludv of tlne need For
~ross{tle ~tlaPds at ali ef the c/lrpent locations.
COIJNCTLWOMAN HACLAIN ARRIVED AT 7:20 P.~.
A sll[~es%t:ion was made that the City should maintain the responsi-
bility top the crossing guard prosPam with {he School District to
deterrnin( if there were other areas in which the District could solve
the C{%y money to held offset the cost e~ the cressinR R~aPd pneRpam.
[n an dt[emDt to determine whether there ape other traffic saC-err
[~nds ~hat might be made ava{lable to the District fop the cPessinq
puard ~roRram, the Supepintenden~ of the District was requested te
[nvestifla[e whether or not she CountTv would make available [options
oF the traf[ic fines to the School D{str{ct for' et~ndinA of the
ctn(l)ssin~ guard ppo~pam. The School 8card was request(d to cons [(]ep
what [>r~oPitV the cposs{nR ~uaPd program had with respect to the
avd{lab[IJty of District Funds.
[1 was penerally agreed by both the City Council and the Srhno] Beard
thai the staff of the [)istrict and the City would review rind prepare
a PehoPt On the cPossinR guard program [ndicatinR where er,osP';inR guards
were Pedlly needed, and whether Dp net ex[stinq school boundary .:ti ten-
dance areas could be amended te el iminate the ne~d F )n (}nossin?
General discussion was held on the sharine oF ~ervices. The C[~V
Council reviewed the current activities of the City work[TlR with
adiacent cities to determine where services miniht he cnmbined ~e
reduce costs. [t was agreed that the staffs of the City ~nd Dis!riot
should investigate the areas of transoortation, sunplies, p~rchas{ng
dnd {omputer prosPamminl as possible areas of sharin~ of services.
The City Council reviewed the recommendations oF the B]~e Ribbel~
Committee en Proposition 13 regarding the School District assuiTlinR
the maintenance responsibilities for the mini parks currently located
at Dampen, Vessels, King and Cawthen Schools. The City Council indi-
cated Ihat due te the 180 day termination notice requirement,
immediate action would be required while further investigation is
made of amendinR the agreement with the District. O'he Schee] Beard
indicated a willingness te investigate the pessibility of providlnR
maintenance on these mini park sites based on makinq a further
comparison ef costs and, ~n the case ef the Damron School, contacting
the church which has the facility ena lease basis te deteemine
they would accept Pesponsib{]itv for the maintenance.
City Council ~inutes December ~ 1.978
It was agreed that this entire matter would be taken under study by
both the City and District staffs and additional information would
he provided to the City Council and School Board.
It was moved by Mayor Hudson, seconded bv Councilwoman Evans and
unanimously carried that the City Council notify the School Board,
p~rsuant to Section 13 of the Joint Powers Agreement between the
City and School District dated June 24, 1974, of the intention of
the City Council not to renew the aRreement at the expiration of the
term of the agreement on June 24, 1979, and that, in the interim,
the staf~ o~ the City and School District be requested to determine
the costs of the maintenance proRram and reper~ b~ck to the City
Council and School Board on su~eested chan~es to the current agreement.
~'urther discussion was held re~ardinR the t~se of other school facili-
ties i[~cludin~ the ultimate disposition off Cv[ress School. The City
Council expressed an interest in be[ne advised by the School District
o[- ~he status ef the Cypress School s{~ e dnd wLether oP not the School
Distri{t wished to retain this site on a ken,-term basis or wished
to sell the site as surphis preneptv. The School Beard indicated
~hat a decision had not been reached with re[nrence to the ultimate
disposition off the Cypress Soho(}] s~'te, altheuqh the s{te was con-
s[deued more feasib]{ for sol]inS than any o[ the ether sites under
the (orltrol of the District.
'['he School Board reviewed ti]., current
and ac~ ivit{es of the ~itudy
In pdP[icipate in that pro?.nam.
snhool reor.~a~ {zation plan
and invited ~he City Council
was ~%enerally a~,Peod that loin] meetirq~ o? this
~ieial to all par{ins anl sh~uld be soheduled on a~
type were bene-
least an annual
It was R~nera ly a>}reed that the [n~ormat[on r'equested re~arding the
maintenance of the m~ni parks shon]d be ~ev~ewed bv both the C~y
ounc~ [ and School Board no lat;er than the latter part of January,
197 9.
AD,TO[JRNP~ENT:
was moved by ~iayor Hudson, seconded by Councilman Rowan and
/man[mous]y carried to adjourn the meet[ns at II :20 p.m.
MAYOR OF/THE CITY OF CYPRUS[: ----
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