1993 JAN 18 CC MINMINUTES OF THE
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL
JANUARY 18, 1993 - 6:00 P.M.
MATSUI INTERNATIONAL MEETING ROOM
EL SEGUNDO PIIBLIC LIBRARY
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jacobson - 6:10 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilman West
ROLL CALL:
Mayor Jacobson -
Present
Mayor Pro Tem Wise -
Present
Councilman West -
Present
Councilman Switz -
Present
Councilman Robbins -
Present
PIIBLIC COMMUNICATIONS - (City Business Only - 5 minute limit)
Two (2) individuals addressed Council
1. George Wiley, Chamber of Commerce President: shared an
article from the Los Angeles Times regarding Cities
Courting Developers.
2. Sue Carter, Resident, President, Friends of the
Library: stated the town needs business to keep our town
alive.
A. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS -
1. Council Workshop on Business Retention and Attraction:
John O'Sullivan, Municipal resource Consultants (MRC) -
Facilitator.
A brief overview was presented by the Panel:
John Austin, MRC
Nick O'Hare, MRC
Economic Overview of El Segundo - Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats.
John O'Sullivan, MRC
Overview of Local Government Financing Issues in the 19901s.
Audrey Taylor, The Chabin Group
Jack Tomasik, Economic Strategies Group
The Process of Strategic Planning and Economic Development.
Council Response /Discussion:
Council Question: Your vision of El Segundo in 25 years:
Councilman West: The vintage World War II spaces turned
into a viable commodity (possibly retail) , the city to be
responsive and flexible to business needs.
Mayor Pro Tem Wise: The City to be aggressive,
residential area to be strong and intact, the quality of
schools increased, and east of Sepulveda area increased
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in growth and mixture, also E1 Segundo to be know as a
business friendly community.
Mayor Jacobson: A better mixture of industry, and
conversion from aerospace to high technology
(engineering) business'.
Councilman Switz: Flexibility, i.e the General Plan,
Cultural changes, and more efficient City Government.
Councilman Robbins: To set policy to promote greater
efficiency in government. Focus on high technology
companies and greater diversity of high technology with
higher paid professionals than line manufacturing
companies. Maintain the residential community and the
quality of life.
RECESS 8:05 P.M.
RECONVENE 8:15 P.M.
ALL MEMBERS PRESENT
Council to adopt the mission statement prepared by Mayor Jacobson
with the following revisions:
Add Primary to the last paragraph, The City Council pledges further
that, in all its decision, primary consideration will be given to
the potential impact of the decision on the economic health of the
community.
Add to item number three (3) and locally after state.
Add item number six (6) as follows: Commit to a plan for continual
improvement every place within City Hall in order to maximize
efficiency in local government.
Change the designation from Business Retention /Attraction to
Business Development.
MOVED by Mayor Pro Tem Wise SECOND by Councilman Robbins to
approve the Business Development Mission Statement as revised
tonight. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 5/0
Karen Ackland and Mary Steiner stated their needs.
A professional to prepare a strategic plan, and a company or
individual to implement it. While they are continuing to develop
the Business Assistance Center.
MOVED by Councilman Switz SECOND by Councilman West to request the
Business Development office, in conjunction with the City Attorney,
to initiate an RFP process to seek professional assistance to
initiate the writing of a business development strategic plan,
and include a councilman(s) to participate in that activity for
continuity with the Council.
City Attorney Lee Dolley stated that a request for professional
service does not require an RFP.
Jack Tomasik stated the cost estimate of a strategic plan can be a
low as $30,000 or as high as $100,000 depending on the City's
requirements. The time frame without Community Facilitation could
be 60 days, 90 -120 days would be more realistic.
MOTION REVISED
To request the Business Development office to identify and retain
consultation needed to write the business development strategic
plan for the City of El Segundo, to assign Councilmember(s) to work
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with Business Development for communication purposes. MOTION PASSED
BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 5/0
Karen Ackland requested clarification and direction.
Council stated the economic subcommittee will serve as liaison to
the Business Development, i.e. Mary Steiner and Karen Ackland.
Councilman Switz stated he will take over item number 6 on the
mission statement and come back to Council.
Councilman Robbins suggested Council direct staff to arrange with
other cities to have a summit to address the issues of workman
comp. etc. with Sacramento.
Mayor Pro Tem Wise stated Deane Dana is currently forming a summit
committee with other South Bay Cities.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: (City Business only - 5 minute limit)
Three (3) Individuals addressed Council
1. John Mitchell. Resident: stated the
infrastructure has been tested in the last few
weeks and has done exceptionally well and
should be promoted.
2. Gordon Stephens, Resident: stated landlords do
not always have control over the rent charges,
many different things must be taken into
consideration. He suggested possibly updating
the city logo, entry signs /benches etc. to
improve the look of out city, also group
advertising. He also requested help in
possibly obtaining the Pacific Bell building
to be used as a Cultural Arts Center.
3. Dorothy Kent, 909 Dune Street: stated she is
happy the Council is talking and moving ahead
and hopes it will continue. Also, increasing
the efficiency of City Government implies that
we have an inefficient group of people working
in the city, I disagree. Council ideas are
right but the way it is said is wrong. You
must use a broad brush and say we need more
efficiency.
ADJOURNMENT: Council adjourned at 10:00 P.M. to January 19, 1993
at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers.
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