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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-Council Office WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE December 12, 1988 ATTENDEES: Councilwoman Esther Estrada - Chairwoman Councilman Jess Flores Councilwoman Norine Miller Acting City Administrator - Jim Robbins Depty. City Admin./Development - Jim Richardson Sr. Asst. City Attorney - Dennis Barlow Asst. City Attorney - Denice Brue Community Development Director - Ken Henderson Police Chief - Don Burnett Police Lieutenant - Jerry Devlin Council Executive Assistant - Phil Arvizo Mayor's Executive Assistant - Richard Bennecke victim Support Services - Patty Sue Garrett Elijah Singletary Dave Porter Laurie Aldern Bob Spivacke 1. VISITORS/CONVENTION BUREAU The Committee recom- mended that the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and Job Description presented by Mr. Richardson and Mr. Barlow be received and filed as amended. The Committee thanked those involved for a job well done. Mr. Porter thanked the Com- mittee for their support. 2. VICTIM SUPPORT FUNDING - The Committee recommended funding for a year with $23,000 being appropriated from the City's appropriated reserve fund. Mr. Henderson will coordi- nate with city staff to determine the method of funding for the additional $29,600 necessary to keep this very worthwhile program active. The Police Department and Ms. Garrett will make every effort to reinstitute, if appropriate, some connection to the Family Services Agency so that funding in the future may be allocated from other sources. Mr. Hender- son will report on the additional funding at the Committee's January 9 meeting. ( 3. REQUEST TO REDUCE PURCHASE PRICE OF KELLOGG - ELIJAH SINGLETARY - The Committee, after receiving opinion from Attorney Brue, recommended disapproval singletary's request to reduce the price of the LIBRARY a legal of Mr. Kellogg 3 Library building. The Committee recommended an extension of 90 days to allow Mr. Singletary time to obtain financing. He was asked to return to the Committee within 60 days, on February 13, to advise the Committee regarding his decision. The terms and conditions of the sale remain unchanged. 4. REAL PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR SALE - The Committee recommended the sale of properties at 1) 1215 Colima Road; 2) 3250 Harrison Street; 3) Northwest/Southeast corners of Rialto Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue; 4) Del Rosa south of Eureka; 5) Garner Street at Olive (listing and maps at- tached). The 181 "G" Street property was held in abeyance. The Committee also recommended that Real Property obtain a broker and list these properties on a Multiple Listing Schedule since there has been no response from using past methods. This item will be placed on the Council Agenda of January 19. 5. INCREASED CHARGE FOR RETURNED CHECKS - The Committee recommended that the returned check charge be established at $10 unless the City Attorney finds that $11 can legally be charged. If and when new findings are made by the Attorney's office, the rate would be increased to the recommended $11. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, ~~ Councilwoman Esther Estrada Chairwoman Ways & Means Committee - EE:ej Attch. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS BALLISTIC MISSILE OFFICE (AFSC) NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA 92409 Mayor am CamrrK>n Council City of San Bernardino 300 North "0" street San Bernardino, california 92418 1 6 DEe 1f'1;'"'l ,..-~ n.~';' , Dear Mayor am CamrrK>n Council '!here have been two articles written in the San Bernardino Sun newspaper recently which address the "expansion" of Norton Air Force Base to include buildirgs belonging to the Ballistic Missile Office (1M)) on the corner of Mill street am Tippecanoe Avenue. First of all, we are in no way trying to exparrl the base. We are merely trying to iIrprove the security of property which we already own. 1M) is an organization with a rather healthy m::>netary iIrpact on the local economy. our annual payroll is $36.2 million, broken out between $23.1 million for military PerSOnnel am $13.1 million for govennnent civilians. An additional $50 million is paid in salaries to TRW PerSOnnel who work here to support us directly. Within a 50 mile radius of Norton AFB, we handle $399.5 million out of the base's total of $409.9 million (97.5 percent) expended for procurement contracts. I would like to address the i.Irportance of the relocation of the base gates from IID's point of view. The 1M) is responsible for developing, procuring am deploying all Air Force ICIM weapon systems. As this single organization, we handle a great deal of classified material concerning these current am future weapon systems, including new technology. It is crucial to our nation's strategic deterrence that we protect this infonnation to the best of our ability. By maintaining much of our operation outside of the protected confines of Norton AFB proper, we are m::>re susceptible to possible threats from terrorism am criminal acts. Even though we provide the necessary security to our controlled area as required by AF Regulations, the siIrple fact is, the general public can gain access to our parking lots, am therefore easier access to our buildings. '!his allows for potentially damaging situations which could m::>re easily be prevented if we were within the confines of Norton AFB. Another area of concern is in the security am safety of our PerSOnnel. '!here is the potential for unwanted or unsafe situations involving demonstrations, theft of property, am attacks on our PerSOnnel on the 1M) property. While no serious situations have taken place yet, attempts have been made on our personnel in our parking lots. Moving the gates helps to remove this risk. CUtbacks in our security ~x>lice restrict the number of PerSOnnel available to patrol our "off base" complex. ~ency security PerSOnnel have a difficult time responding to situations from "on base" due to traffic situations at the intersection. Moving the gates would provide a much better controlled security situation. We hope that you will recognize the potentially serious problems that we face daily with the current location of our gates on Mill am Tippecanoe am approve our move th gates. ~)v