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FONTANA - The City Council tonight is expected to approve funding to update its geobase system through an aerial photography project that should take about four months to complete.
The $68,250 project conducted by Burbank-based I.K. Curtis Services will enable city personnel to identify landmarks, structures and street-maintenance problems from a computer.
The system allows personnel in the Public Works Department to conduct an initial response to complaints from residents "without wasting an ounce of fuel or staff time,"said Dennis Vlasich, information technology director for the city.
The city updates its geobase every three years.
The company estimates it will take about five flight days covering 50 square miles to collect data with precision mapping cameras.
The images also help the city with code enforcement issues, Vlasich said.
Also on the agenda:
Establishing which city officials can negotiate settlements in code enforcement cases and the amount they are allowed to settle for.
Introducing an ordinance that would change the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting days to the the fourth Thursday of each month.
The sale of more than a half-acre of property to Water of Life Church to expand its parking facilities.
Approving an application for a $147,500 Federal Transit Administration grant for two 16-passenger vehicles to accommodate senior and disabled citizens.
The council meets in open session at 7 p.m. in the Steelworkers' Auditorium in the Lewis Library and Technology Center, 8437 Sierra Ave.
At 7 p.m. in the Steelworkers' Auditorium in the Lewis Library and Technology Center, 8437 Sierra Ave.
From today's fishwrap:
FONTANA- The Fontana City Council is considering a proposed ordinance that would amend the municipal code to allow political signs to be posted any time before an election.
The ordinance was brought before the council Tuesday because the code prohibits the posting of political signs earlier than 30 days before an election, a restriction that violates Supreme Court decisions.
A staff report to the council cited Metromedia, vs. San Diego, indicating that regulations on noncommercial speech cannot be greater than those imposed on commercial speech.
Code amendments are common on the heels of state and federal cases, said Don Williams, director of community development.
"When the Supreme Court takes an action, we run to change our codes," Williams said. Political signs would fall under a new "temporary noncommercial" category, which would allow the signs to be exempt from permit requirements as long as they comply with the rest of the code.
The signs would be allowed on private property but would be prohibited from being affixed to any public property, including utility poles, fire hydrants or natural features. And they can't block motorists' line of sight.
The signs would be regulated for upkeep, but not content, Williams said.
Those who place signs must receive permission from the property owner, but written evidence of the permission won't be required to be shown to the city before the signs can be posted.
Courts have allowed signs to be removed without notice after an election when they are deemed by the city as abandoned.
The ordinance doesn't necessarily mean signs will pop up long before an election, Williams said.
The city contacted a handful of sign companies that said the mostly cardboard pieces typically start to show wear between four and six weeks, he said.
"The reality is people aren't going to put them up any earlier," Williams said.
The council is slated to hold a public hearing on the ordinance at its next meeting.
At 7 p.m. in the Steelworkers' Auditorium at the Lewis Library and Technology Center, 8437 Sierra Ave.
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Steelworkers' Auditorium in the Lewis Library and Technology Center, 8437 Sierra Ave.
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